Orion

... within slumber's chambers...

Orion

night be the journey to vistas vast and far
to cosmic clouds and a brilliant distant star
stellar winds and folds of majestic light
I within slumber's chambers held in Orion's light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula, Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team.

Behold

behold the fire of galaxies afar
behold the brilliance of a distant star
passions of creation in beauty they be
cresting be the waves of a celestial sea
feel I the winds wild, carry they the call
behold the light, the PRESENCE the ALL.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Image: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121029.html

In Light Be Told

Vista ever vast and far

The brilliance of a distant star

Such majestic splendor to behold

Creation's story in light be told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120726.html

Helix Nebula

rhythms of silence to fill the night
these melodies of mind in vistas far
wondrous echoes of deep quietude
the pulsing refrain of a distant star.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown New York


Astronomy Picture of the Day :APOD, Dust and the Helix Nebula,
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091231.html