The Spoils of Rain and South Winds Yesternight

Rain and south winds yesternight

A sky of gray be the morning’s light 

Each fallen leaf laden with the falling rain

Their wind swept flight put to tame

A brimming blanket of leaves upon the ground

Quiet they lay, gone their rustling sound

Soft be this bedding of leaves from branch and bough

Winds of Autumn and rain holding to nature’s vow

Branches with leaves in the splendor of color some yet be 

Crimson, russet, orange, and gold donned by many a tree

Trees barren of leaves reach to the heaven’s above 

Past the winter to come, Spring anew,  blessings and love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Spoils of Rain, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Libation's Grace

 

Libation's Grace 

the tear shed
the rain fallen
the sun to rise
night rains and so flowing waters be
upon gardens, fields and onto the sea
earth and roots to the dawning light behold
heaven's sweet libation be this day's story told
the light beyond loss and despair
'tis the way and glory of our Lord's care
ebb and flow a constant upon life's shore
known be this blessed libation evermore
sweet be our offering, this grace to live
to libation's call our heart to give.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Libation's Grace, APOGEE Vibrational Art, The Sounding Light Collection, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013-2021.

Rains and South Winds Yesternight, Tappan, New York

Rains and south winds yesternight

A sky of gray be the morning’s light 

Each fallen leaf laden with the falling rain

Their wind swept flight put to tame

A brimming blanket of leaves upon the ground

Quiet they lay, gone their rustling sound

Soft be this bedding of leaves from branch and bough

Winds of Autumn and rain holding to nature’s vow

Branches with leaves in the splendor of color some yet be 

Crimson, russet, orange, and gold donned by many a tree

Trees barren of leaves reach to the heaven’s above 

Past the winter to come, Spring anew,  blessings and love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Her calling, her calling...

Her calling, her calling...

Torrential rains upon roof be they heard

Thunderous calls be this night’s word

Storming skies dark and shadowed they be 

The dawning, and alas, light anew onto thee

What secrets does Mother Earth yet bare

Heed her call for our grace, for our knowing care

Her bounty, our harvest, with sun and rain, blessed be

Her calling, her calling, from mountain tops, sea to sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

...the grace of God's WORD

On this day, the 1st of May 2020, Tappan, New York...

blooms laden with rain 
touched with the morning light
green in an array of hues and tones 
subtle, deep, and bright
the sound of waters 
from roof tops heard
the flutter of wings 
the grace of God's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

photo credit: Sue Nash

Sunday RAIN...

Sunday RAIN...

From trees young, towering, mighty and tall
The spoils of time, the gifts of Fall
Rains and south winds yesternight
A sky of gray holding to this noon day light
Each fallen leaf laden with the falling rain
Their wind swept flight put to tame
A brimming blanket of leaves upon the ground
Quiet they lay, gone their rustling sound
Soft be this bedding of leaves from branch and bough
Winds of Autumn true to the splendor of this season's vow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

BE it the libation...

At this afternoon hour in Tappan, New York.....

The light prevails and the rain does come

Be it the libation, the ever present gift of BEING

Be these tears, these drops of rain, the gift of flow

Answering the quest, the thirst of faith and love

Fulfilling the cleansing, the nourishing, the very call

To BE… Birth Eternal in the waters of conception 

In the waters of birth, in the streams of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Port Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: http://www.incrediblesnaps.com/20-most-beautiful-raindrops-pictures

Fallen Leaves Laden...

The sounding rain, fallen leaves laden and ever so still,  the S I L E N C E ... calls ...

to the Spirit

to the I AM

to the Love

to the Ever Present

to the Nurturing

to the Creator

to the Eternal...

Season's  S I L E N C E  in a pulsing refrain...  

 ....so beautifully they answer to the wind... rustling melodies there be...

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet

Fallen Leaves, Collectible Clicks ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

Saturday Hour in Tappan, New York

Darkened be the sky at this afternoon hour

Grass, bloom, branch and bough

Touched by the rain

'Tis libation's vow

Waters welcomed they be

Felt is the delight of field and tree

The sound of rain a melody sweet

The ALL of above with earth to greet

And when the sun to shine anew

Echoes of green graced on to you.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Echoes of Green, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

Haiku in Triune ~ Waters of Divinity

the roar of rapids

the resounding crest of waves

spirit's crescendo.

the babble of brook

the sweet surrender of streams

lakes in quietude.

rain in libation

waters of divinity

blessings of baptism.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Libation, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013,  http://www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Hues A Flow ... Haiku Reflections

yes, I hear the rain

rhythmic grace of sweet sounding

artist's hues a flow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Hues A Flow, APOGEE Vibrational Art, http://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

Chopin's Raindrops

Rain Rain

The rhythmic falling rain
The green flourishing foliage
The touch the sound the feel
Creation in God's grandeur real

Rain outside my window
Tapping at my door
I hear its sounding call
Rain rain evermore

Droplets of splendor
Upon branches budding green
Shimmering day light
'Tis God 's blessings be seen

I listen to its haunting
Chant and melody
And feel its loving grace
Deep deep within me.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

...the warming sun... the melting snow...days of a New York winter... Libation's Grace

torrential rain, mounds of falling snow
onto the receiving earth below
libation's grace upon land, farm and field
all to Spring's bloom and envisioned yield
earth and root so nourished they be
quiver of grass, the reach of the oak tree
libation be it present and ever so sweet
for the heavens and earth do lovingly meet
gift of the seasons with time ever unfold
feel I the touch of Spring's story yet to be told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Libation's Grace, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013. 

http://www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

...and so the rain... Clouds in Strokes of Gray

rain for many a day
clouds in strokes of gray
the light in glimmers prevail
to the blessings of rain we hail
blessed be fields of green and grain
gardens in bounty in bloom to claim
flowers be fruit in abundant yield
gifts of Creation upon garden, farm and field
rain for many a day
clouds in strokes of gray
the light in glimmers prevail
to the blessings of rain we hail.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

When the Sky is Gray, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Fracking No More...This be but one drop...

This be but one drop... this essence of ALL ...

Waters

waters of this earth
a Libation sweet
honored they shall ever be
the streams, the rivers, the oceans, the seas
the fields that yield by its grace
to all life its flow we trace
hold to the purity that Creation gives
contaminate not by false truths we live
contaminate not by false truths we live.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Image: One drop of rain and a seed, by wakeuplittlesuzy.

This post was prompted by a loss of life resulting from the ill effects of fracking. The ill fate of properties from fracking is more than overwhelmingly devastating... This MUST BE STOPPED!! Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer caused by the presence of a pressurized fluid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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For your added awareness..
The APOGEE Forum: Why RAPE Our Mother?
http://theapogeeforum.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-rape-our-mother.html

rain...rain... here in Tappan, New York

clouds darken the morning sky
rain rain from up on high
garden, meadow, farm and field
with blessings of rain they to yield
wet and wondrous be its sounding grace
upon branch, bough, leaf, its blessings place.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Image Credit: http://thundafunda.com

...from the falling rain...

summer night in the garden
green fresh from the falling rain
quiet winds
a stillness
an embracing warmth
the gentle quiver is felt
green in its glory of Being.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Green, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Three Days Of Rain...

in droplets holding the light of the sun now seen
sweet rain held by leaf, bloom, grass lush and green
such favors of Spring this day be known
grace of earth and the blessing of rain shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


image: www.lisisoft.com/imglisi/5/Screensavers/76384rain-drop.jpg

... this day of rain... here in Tappan, New York

Bloom and Splendor

out my bedroom window I do see
leaf and bloom upon each tree
and from the sky so high above
the sweet rain of nature's love
upon grass, leaf, branch and bough
droplets holding to Spring's sacred vow
lush and green blessings brought to me
bloom and splendor of the dogwood tree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Dogwood, Photo: CAR, Colectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Sounding Light

Sounding Light

thunderous was the night
rain in torrential flow
the sounding light fills my room
gray overcast sky in lightning array
the hour comes to pass
the violet ray dons the sky
and I to behold the wondrous beauty.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Sounding Light, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.