Snow here in Tappan, New York ~ Winter's touch of time

A gossamer veil of gentle wind, snow and light

Settled and cloaked in crystal strokes of white

Delicate be these touches upon barren branch and bough

Beauty to behold be the snow's silent vow

A hush, a pause, define this morning's domain

Nature's splendor holds its special claim

The faint song of wind upon chime

Heralds a welcome melody to Winter's touch of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York 

A Sunday Offering

snow it is 
a cloak of shimmering light
silent be these crystals 
so gently fall and fall and fall
be this Nature's Sunday Offering 
now at rest.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
APOGEE Poet

Photo: Nature's Sunday Offering, 
Collectible Clicks, KK, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

Trees Beholden

magic of the day

risen sun

cold winds

azure sky 

sparking ice crystals 

trees beholden

beholden to the glory 

beholden to the shimmering light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Trees Beholden, MM, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, Collectible Clicks, 2019.