In Moments Present

And NOW as the sun sets 
the light of day 
in its divinity and repose
brilliant red and golden tones 
don the barren trees
within breaths the darkened sky
trees silhouetted
stark and graceful they do stand
this night, this night 
in the Creator's command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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This Night Crimson

The light brilliant above the trees
The air is gently cool and still
Each branch, each leaf before me motionless
The light of this day quickens to its rest
Laced in brilliant strokes of crimson
This day bids its close
The sound of crickets in blissful serenade
Feel I the caress of the coming of night
Skyward I am bound
In the embrace of Presence
In this night crimson.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


This Night Crimson, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

Of Night Of Day

The brilliant light of the sun to cast
Warmth upon vistas of splendor vast
And when the sun in grandeur sets
Horizons of beauty the heart shan't forget
The majesty of the awakened night sky
Stars, galaxies, the moon on high
This crowning glory of night, of day
To jewel the path, to mark The Way.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

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