Spoils of Spring

Libation ever sweet

The quiver of new grass below my feet

To Riverside Park, Dad and I did go

For the picking wild in sun’s warm glow

The scent of green, budding golden light

Yellow flowers, such an alchemic delight

Gathered many and held in hand with love

Mother Earth thanked as too, God above

Be these to be my very first bouquet

I with Dad gifted to Mom on Mother’s day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, NewYork

Yellow Dandelion Flower, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

A ROSE of White...

A ROSE of White

delicate beauty bears this ROSE of white

petals to hold the Creator's light

a symbol of purity, a symbol of love

spirit from earth and heavens above

a bloom, the grace of the divine

touched be the heart, yours, mine

be this a flower that comes to say

have a loving and blessed Mother's Day.

Ever with love,

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Mother's Day...

Thank You Norma 

The golden light in beauty does bloom

The splendor of roses to touch the room

The magenta ray in orchids divine

This gifted to me from Spirit Daughter mine

And so shared this day in loving grace

Feel the love within heart to place.

Happy Mother's Day in blessings ever so sweet,

Rose Marie 

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A Sunday in Tribute ~ And How A Mother Shows Her Care

And how a mother shows her care
She sees the loss, the pain but does not despair
With faith and the vision of her child set free
She revels in joy for all that be
Acceptance, gratitude, forgiveness to discern
Life’s lessons not always easily learned
With wisdom and knowing deep within her heart
Doubt, fear and sadness readily depart
A new path so shall she lay
For this and the awakening day.

Happy Mother's Day to All

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Cornelia Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, Angelica Kauffmann, Oil on Canvas, 1785.

...Mother's Day... A Gift

A gift of bloom for Mother's Day
With loving care white orchid's array
Petals like angel wings alight
Delicate in their regal splendor white
Such sentient majesty this grace of bloom
The light of stars and a cresting moon
Unfurl be your budding center divine
In florid embrace wings within sublime.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

...with loving gratitude to my son Charles...


White Orchid, Photograph, RMR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

A Sunday in Tribute ~ And How A Mother Shows Her Care

And how a mother shows her care
She sees the loss, the pain but does not despair
With faith and the vision of her child set free
She revels in joy for all that be
Acceptance, gratitude, forgiveness to discern
Life’s lessons not always easily learned
With wisdom and knowing deep within her heart
Doubt, fear and sadness readily depart
A new path so shall she lay
For this and the awakening day.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Cornelia Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, Angelica Kauffmann, Oil on Canvas, 1785.

White Orchid

A gift of bloom for Mother's Day
And with loving care white orchid's array
Petals like angel wings alight
Delicate in their regal splendor white
Such sentient majesty this grace of bloom
The light of stars and a cresting moon
Unfurl be your budding center divine
In florid embrace wings within sublime.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


White Orchid, Photograph, RMR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009.



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In Loving Celebration

Happy Mother's Day

In Loving Celebration
2009


In Reflection

There is purpose and plan
Within each heart of man
When life is given anew
The gift of time is bestowed upon you
Days to mark a quest, a desire
And known be life's passion, life's fire
Peace and love to embrace each day
And known be the Glory to God I pray.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


After the Bath, Oil on canvas, c. 1901 , Mary Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926.