And if I

And if I a Bee this an oasis

And If I a Butterfly a universe sweet

And if I the Flower joy in the flutter of wings to greet

Beauty and Being in folds of petals divine

Be this the majesty, the bequeath of springtime

The sun, the root, the savor in its beckoning call

The rapturous nectar of anthers to beget all.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Anthers to beget all, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021. 

A Bloom There Be

 from branch and bough a bloom there be

beauty to behold from the grace of THEE

petals of pink bear the presence of light

felt is the welcoming warmth of a sun majestically bright

a pause and known be breath divine

the spoils of SPRING, the grace of time 

in this moment all becomes known

creation in beauty of bloom to our hearts shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

~

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

Rainier Maria Rilke

Photo: A Bloom There Be, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Dogwood Bloom

Sweet be the libation of Spring

Dogwood in its splendor of bloom

Newly touched be this heart, this soul

A deep sigh

Branches and blooms beholden to the warming sun

Petals of sacred grace

Colors of Creation’s palette 

Root, branch, bough, leaf and bloom

The pulsing, the pulsing, the pulsing.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dogwood Bloom, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Petals...

petals, embers of the rose

cast they be upon waters of the sea

their alluring fragrance flowing sweet

be they the nectar of the soulful heart 

from which memory shall not depart

each yet holds to blush and bloom

each from a vine of timeless creation

thorns tempered piercing no more

petals of what was and shall ever be

carried by the waters, the waters of the sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Fire The Rose

 The Fire The Rose

The fire of passion, bud, bloom and thorn they be

So too, the cresting ecstasy of ocean and sea

A rapture of being and enchantment divine

Upon this soul, ever yours, ever mine

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold

Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold

Bloom in rapture and radiant red array

The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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Image Credit:  The Flame, Cecilia Boudreaux.

Gifted to me...

Gifted to me a garden flower with love

And held be the beauty of earth and the light above

Petals of divine color and gentle grace

This splendor of BEING within my heart to place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

The beauty of the garden flowers you gifted me with hold much love and light. Here is a photo, taken yesterday of one, yet fresh and, indeed a bloom of beauty, onto you along with a HUG.

LOVED you are dear Jaci Carl.

Garden Flower, Jaci, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2015.

 

In Accord... TOTEMS of SELF... Consciousness and BEING...

to·tem/ˈtōdəm/
noun
a natural object or animal believed to have spiritual significance and adopted as an emblem.

TOTEMS...

If indeed I am the RAM, opposition holds no fear
If a FROG, I am confident in my transformation
If a DOVE, I know the power of peace
If a ROBIN. I am itself splendor
If a TIGER, I am protection
If a HAWK, I am the soaring flight
If an EAGLE, I live freedom's quest
And as ROSE MARIE, I am passion's flower of the sea...

TOTEMS... TOTEMS...ONE and All I BE...

The ROSE

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold
Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold
Bloom in rapture and radiant red array
The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Rose, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2015.

Petals

be ourselves known
petals of the same bloom
tossed out to the winds
to touch the awaiting spirit within.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Black Iris, Oil on canvas, 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Special Roses ~ by Grace

At my front door there does grow
Two beautiful rose bushes in a row

Sweet candy is their special smell
Beauty is the story they tell

Thorny may their branches be
Careful, they do not hurt me

When the wind blows a rose in bloom
Petals upon the ground come real soon

I gather the petals and off they fly
Spreading their joy up to the sky

Upon the ground they do rest
Yes, the Rose, a flower I love the best.

Grace

Today, inspired by the rose bushes in bloom in her front yard, Grace, a six year old student, shared the delight of her pink roses with me, providing all that is presented here of her playful encounters with her special roses, and together the poem, "Special Roses" was created. Indeed a delight!

A full account at: APOGEE Learning: Teaching and that Seizable Moment
http://apogeelearning.blogspot.com/2010/06/teaching-and-that-seizable-moment.html

Rose Marie Raccioppi


"Bonica" Light Pink Roses Photo, David Beaulieu, About.com Guide - http://z.about.com/d/landscaping/1/0/7/W/pink_rose_big_Bonica.jpg

Folds of Grace

Petals of providence in folds of grace
Such glory of creation do I see
Hallowed be thy wondrous splendor
Nature in Praise and grandeur be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Iris Garden, i-Phone Photo, Iris, PFR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.
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Alchemy

Hues of golden light
Iris petals to enfold
Warm deep and bright
'Tis alchemy I behold.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Gold Iris, iPhone Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Iris

petals of violet hue
sun's golden glow divine
this grace of creation
delicate splendor sublime.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Iris, i-Phone Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Red Array

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold
Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold
Bloom in rapture and radiant red array
The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Rose, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009

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Majestic Array

Radiant be its majestic array
The light to touch its petals this day
Emergent splendor within this budding divine
Its color, its form, opulence sublime
The reaching grace of each petal I to perceive
And known be the Great Mind in which I believe.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Majestic Array, Flower/back lit, Photograph, PFR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009


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Of a Summer Day

A thousand moons I do see
A thousand suns in light before me
A thousand wonders petals enfold
A thousand days of a story told
Such bloom and majesty in grand array
The resplendent perfection of a summer day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Pink flower, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009

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