...this Autumn morning...touches of gold...

Bamboo in graceful bow and sway
Holding the sun’s light in brilliant verdant array
In joyous abandon the silence to greet
The chorus of sound as leaf and wind meet
Dancing shadows of supple canes I to behold
Among the lithe and lush leaves touches of gold
Leaves and canes in supple surrender bow
Beauty, strength, gentleness be the bamboo’s vow
'Tis early morn, gifts of this Autumn day
The wind, the song and bamboo canes at play.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Touches of Gold, Photo: Bamboo, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

‎...the morning hour... This Day's Breath

dense lush and green
the spoils of Spring
rain laden grass
cool crisp wet below my feet
blooms of white pink hues of violet
the welcoming embrace of this day's breath
blessed grace held in majestic array.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

This Day's Breath, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Rising

... rising... haiku reflection

rising morning light
blossoming rays of splendor
hues of majesty.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Blossoming Rays, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

November Morning

November morning
cloaked in golden warmth of sun
Autumn hues of light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



November Morning, Watercolor, (modified), Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Morning Light

Travails dispelled in this deep breath of early Fall
The oak tree of many seasons holds the morning light
Reaching bough and branch create shadows
A dancing grandeur cast upon the yet green grass
So gentle is the sway of the evergreens
I too, move to the touch
Of the crisp morning air upon my face
The mirth of bubbling water
Circles, ripples, reflecting light and shadow
I too, of many seasons
In the grandeur of the morning light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Ashante, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com


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