Pristine Quietude

fallen snow
a pristine quietude
blanketed in glistening white splendor
jeweled be all crested in ice cycles
branch and bough in blessed surrender
cold be this wind
white white be the sky above
held I be in winter's embrace
this the Creator's love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Pristine Quietude, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

The Choral Word

ice cycles large and luminous with the noon day light
mounds of drifting snow crystals white
these wondrous gifts through my window I see
the majesty of winter in this noon hour with me
cold be the winds of this winter day
bright be the knowing sun of season's way
the song of the white breasted nuthatch is heard
an early heralding of spring be the choral word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


White Breasted Nuthatch, Image: www.mentorlagoons.org/ white%20breasted%20nuth..