Blessings of toil and bounty... Labor Day 2019.

And there it is... the delights of Old Hook Farm... LABOR of the land... and so from farm to table, labor of grace, labor of bounty...

With gratitude,

Rose Marie Raccioppi

In Haiku Reflection

the grace of labor

blessings of toil and bounty

of hand, soil, and sun.

Photo: Old Hook Farm, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Collectible Clicks, CAR, 2019.

LABORS

LABORS ... be they of...

Love
Ability
Belief
Opportunity 
Resourcefulness 
Spirit ... hands and hearts in equitable exchange...

This Day in Celebration

Noble be our labors
of body, spirit and mind
The giving, the receiving
libation ever we to find
The gift of toil
blessed be its quest
Purpose, service, exchange
this the grand behest.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image Credit: Sarcophagus with the Labours of Heracles, National Museum of Rome - Palazzo Altemps. Roman artwork from the middle 3rd century CE.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twelve_Labours_Altemps_Inv8642.jpg