...captivating surrender...sleep...lucid dream...

night be the hour
tranquility be the moment
blue be its blush
the night in full bloom
a celestial garden of blue
the dark beckons
drift I into raven enfolds
suspended and embraced
captivating surrender
behold I a cosmic dance 
floret firmament of sleep
floret firmament of sleep.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Floret Sleep ~ Lucid Dream, APOGEE Vibrational Art, 

The Sounding Light Collection, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

Monday Morning here in Tappan, New York... 'Tis Green .. Nature's Way...

thunderous be the night

sounding rains, flashes of light

gardens in libation sweet

the morning new the sun to greet

grass, leaves of trees, and blooms there be

lush be the green of each towering tree

flowers in colors of brilliant array

be this the glory of Nature's Way.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

"Tis Green, APOGEE Vibrational Art, https://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

The Night Claimed

the night claimed

by the sweet savor of silence

by the serene solitude of self

by the brilliance of a star from afar

by colors in majestic array

by the quest of the coming dawn

by moments, by breaths 

by slumber's embracing enfold

the night claimed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Night, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.apogeeart.com

Garden Song of the Night...

Garden Song of the Night

listen to the night

feel the quiver of roots

the garden song be heard

the gentle rain in libation

entrancing emergent  green

touched by the light of the stars

this night, this night in blessings BE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Garden Song of the Night, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Where splendor, grace and praise do meet

Within the depths of slumber sweet
Where splendor, grace and praise do meet
Within this black embrace of time
Emergent be this SOUL of mine
Known to breath, known to heart
From where power, passion, peace, bear their start
Spirit, Omnipresence Unity, Love, rise in light 
Blessed be the dawning, blessed be the night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Awakened Faith, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

And in my mother tongue...

Dove splendore, grazia e lode si incontrano 

Entro le profondità del sonno dolce 

Dove splendore, grazia e lode si incontrano 

In questo nero abbraccio di tempo 

Emergere questa mia ANIMA 

Conosciuto per respirare, noto a cuore 

Da dove potere, passione, pace portano il loro inizio 

Spirito, Onnipresenza Unità, Amore, risorgere 

Sia benedetta l'alba, benedetta sia la notte. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poeta laureato 

Orangetown, New York

Now Somewhere Far

Through the open window the train whistle is heard

In the distance a sounding of a journey’s word

Here then there the wheels upon tracks rumble they do

Yet  gentle is the touch of the night that awakens you

The sweet feel of a caressing breeze this moment  does bring

And known is this night and the coming soon of spring

Silent again the night in its cloak of deep blue and a sparkling star

The train has passed, the roar of wheels now somewhere far.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Google search

Spectrum ~ Black ~ White

black be it the abyss

be it the unknown

be it the yet to be explored

be it the embrace of slumber

deep be its depths

mysterious be its offerings

be it shadows of beauty

be it the night complete

white be it illumination

be it revelation

be it truth known

be it the grace of stars

be it the light of moon

be it the day complete

black kindles white

white kindles black

and all IS

and all IS

and all Is ~ Inspired Spirit.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Black ~ White, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, APOGEE Vibrational Art, 2012.

...through the night... The Quest of Light

The enfold of silence and sweet slumber greet
Where dreams and awakenings ever to meet
The vistas traveled all near all far
To galaxies and a distant star
Spirit in flight across the sky
In the firmament above, above so high
Known be the glory, the quest of light
The pursuit of Spirit through the night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Astronomy Picture of the Day
Andromeda
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090917.html

The Iris Garden

the twilight hour at the iris garden
each bloom holds to the gentle winds that call
the winds whisper the grace of each petal and leaf
the night becomes infused with majestic divinity
felt is this enchanting dance of color, light and bloom.

 Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown,  New York

 

Iris Garden, Image, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Listen To This Night

Listen to this night
Violet whispers
Indigo melody
And light's refrain

Listen to this night
Blue notes
Lilting tones
And light's refrain.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


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

Green Rhapsody

... haiku reflections...

this green rhapsody

the lilting rustling of leaves

wind song of the night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Green Rhapsody, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

... time cast... Before the Dawn

the silent touch of the night

within depths of darkness be there light

cresting time within a celestial sea

quest of day an awakening to be

before the dawn held I within a vista vast

embraced by the dark the light eternal time cast.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Before The Dawn, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011

..the late hour...

illumed be the dark
golden hue of this night cast
wondrous alchemy.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


Night Casts Gold, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Dreamer's Alchemy

surrender I to the lure of darkness
and in the depths of slumber I be
upon a rising golden wave
this this dreamer's alchemy
the embracing hold of night
the vistas traveled afar
visions of time yet to come
awakened to the light of sun star.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Dreamer's Alchemy, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...the hour...Sweet Slumber

Haiku Reflection
ah... and so the hour...

sweet slumber beckons
surrender to night's calling
blanketed in dreams.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Sweet Slumber, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...so the night...Calling Grace

haiku reflections

indigo vespers
infinite violet light
spirit's calling grace.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


Vespertine, Image: ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

...midnight hour and into the morning... Shroud Of Night And Moon

Blue Moon and indigo sky to behold
wondrous light to embrace and enfold
shroud of night and moon be spun sublime
a flowing swaddling of soul's rapture divine
hallowed moments of Presence they be
lunar waves cresting the celestial sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Shroud of Night and Moon, image: Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Golden Light

wondrous planet earth
indigo sky of the night
golden light of dawn.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Golden Dawn, Watercolor, (modified), Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

The Snow

The winds in wailing whispers
The snow in a silent refrain
Resounding beauty blankets this night
Wondrous, wondrous, crystals white.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Snow, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.


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pulsing moon this night
this heart beating life's refrain
present be the light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Pulsing Moon, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010