A Fallen Leaf

Collect a fallen leaf on this October day

Know the blessings it holds in its magical way

Press between folds of paper, a treasure to be

The strength, the grace, of a towering tree 

Time does pass and held within a memory true

A leaf, a moment, all in celebration of you

It may call to be on view and framed 

Simply a JOY ~ a moment of time so claimed.

 

Blessings be known,

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

A Secret Held...

It has been said: 

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
~ Albert Camus

As I look to the jeweled tone colors of leaves ... 

Each color, a secret held, until the season renewed its vow

For the splendor of color to soar free from branch and bough

In the embrace of the lambent sky and sun so very bright

Leaves of radiant color swept by autumn winds in wistful flight

Brilliant hues of orange, crimson, red, burgundy, and gold

A blanket of leaves upon the ground, the tale of Fall be told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Blanket of Leaves, CAR Collectible Clicks, © Rose Marie Raccioppi. 

Fallen Leaves Laden...

The sounding rain, fallen leaves laden and ever so still,  the S I L E N C E ... calls ...

to the Spirit

to the I AM

to the Love

to the Ever Present

to the Nurturing

to the Creator

to the Eternal...

Season's  S I L E N C E  in a pulsing refrain...  

 ....so beautifully they answer to the wind... rustling melodies there be...

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet

Fallen Leaves, Collectible Clicks ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

... gathered they are... each leaf...

... each leaf...

touches of color brilliant and bold
the glory of a season be it now told
veins of life in majestic flow
the heart of SELF the leaf does know
life in its flourish and its bloom
a season's end ever soon
each leaf holds within its creation divine
the breath of life lovingly sublime
known be this eternal quest and fire
life in all its beauty and expressive desire.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Leaf, Photo, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.