Markers ~ Winter Melody

..time...place... the north wind blows...

Markers

Seasons, moons, measures of time
Markers to define moments mine
The snow a gossamer veil and blanket to be
Quiet is its touch gentle upon me
A calling silence I hear with each step I take
As I look behind 'tis my path in snow I make
Rippling waves of wind, untempered, untamed
From a direction it is so named
Wild and possessing winds that enfold
The story of the North Wind here told
Seasons, moons, measures of time
Markers to define moments mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Markers ~ Winter Melody, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

Verdant Song

twilight be the hour
such sweet calling of light
hear I the verdant song
serene be the day's surrender
lithe and lush branches of green
gentle is the sway in the winter garden
wind and evergreens hold to the light
upon colors of nature's grace
lilting echoes carried by the north wind
twilight be the hour
such sweet calling of light
hear I the verdant song.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Verdant, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

This January Night

I hear the frenetic dance of barren ice laden tree branches
The chilling north wind of this night sounding
The darkened sky luminous with the glowing embrace of a brilliant moon
The distant light fills this chamber and touched am I with its serene splendor
A gossamer veil of snow blowing adrift
And chimes laud the wind in song
This January night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
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Boreas

The North Wind calls its name

Within folds to hold its claim
Warp and weft of swaddling sublime
Wrap and enfold this moment mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Boreas, Oil on canvas, 1903, John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917.