Wayne Shorter "Footprints" - Maurizio Bignone for 5 Viola tracks

as I listen...

impressions upon the sand 

echoes upon the stairs 

a presence left 

a presence heard  

an arrival

a departure 

life's journey... footprints... 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

With gratitude dear Maurizio Bignone.

What BE this Joy...

is it the artist that lives passion

is it the poet with an ever present word

is it the beauty of Creation's grace

is it the knowing truth in heart's chamber I place

is it the quest within each breath I breathe

is it the receiving, the giving, I perceive

what moves this body, this heart, this soul

to fulfill life's journey beyond each toll

what vision, what joy be there in this life known

but the spoils of love in the All of Creation shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Favourite Poet, Oil on canvas, 1888, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch, 1836-1912.