Rustling Leaves

rains in libation sweet yesternight

upon awakening all held in morning light

magical be the light and shadow upon the tree

when the leaves in splendor of gold jeweled be

such gems of grace Autumn lovingly does bring

listen, listen, rustling leaves in soft winds sing.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Rustling Leaves, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2020.

You are the Eternal Universe - Alan Watts

Proclaim along with me ...

I AM the rising and setting sun
I AM the waxing and waning moon
I AM the ebb and flow of the tides
I AM the inhalation and the exhalation
I AM the giving and the receiving
I AM the challenge and the quest
I AM the light and the shadow
I AM the past and the NOW
I AM I, the Ascension Manifest
I AM blessed BE,  Birth Eternal.

In Creation's Grace,

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Dream's Enfold

..enfold... haiku reflections...

slumber's surrender
mystical light and shadow
within dream's enfold.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Dream's Enfold, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau

Folds at Play

haiku reflections


hold light and shadow
textures, colors, folds at play
to this I delight.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Folds, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Light's Quest Divine

from shadows light be known

a rising day this moment shown
the quest of light ever present be
in this firmament, this celestial sea
hues and tones of moving grace
within a timeless moment I embrace
eternal majesty be the sky above
blessed I am with this the Creator's love
within this beauty a moment sublime
within this moment light's quest divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Rising Day, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Lunar Light ~ Awakened

awakened to the stillness
two hours past the midnight hour
the silence of the yet dark early morning
awakened to the lunar light of the winter solstice
pulsing corona
embracing hues of crystalline gray, blue and violet
drawn I to this orb of luminous lure
awakened to the soft feel of the cold wind upon my face
to the journey of clouds
to the fullness of the shedding light
the towering oak casts a shadow
quiver it does upon the garden walk
and I in shadow cast
awakened
awakened.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Lunar Light, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Long Island ~ Haiku Triune Reflection

distant waters near
touched by Creation's splendor
palette of beauty.

cresting waves of light
waters ever held in grace
the heavens enfold.

breath, life and beauty
ever questing ebb and flow
cast light and shadow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Long Island, photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.