Happy 2014 ~ The NOW of Time Eternal

Happy 2014

The NOW of Time Eternal

how many notes need be played
before you are the music
how many brush strokes need be made
before you are the art
how many movements need be complete
before you are the dance
how many lines need be written
before you are the poem
how many thoughts need be expressed
before you are the WORD
how many visions need be manifest
before you are the creation
how many breaths need be known
before you are the NOW
the NOW of Time Eternal... Happy 2014.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate 
Orangetown, New York 

Image: Courtesy Google Search.

And so it is... 1/1/11... and this in Tappan, New York...

a day of bright winter sun
sparkling reflections upon the mounds of snow
the scamper of a squirrel upon the tall tree
a birdsong clear in the chilled air
this the first day of 2011
its light, its beauty
its knowing of an eternal spring
the squirrel, the bird
in celebration of this moment present
and I in the embrace of what blessings bring.


HAPPY NEW YEAR this day and all days to follow.

Much much love,

Rose Marie