A delightfully spent Sunday in the PRESENCE of Summer...

In the PRESENCE of Summer...

the sun yet radiant in this hour nearing sunset

the air sweetly refreshing

greens yet lush and generously abundant

children's laughter faintly heard from doors away

I, in an interlude, a soulful grace of BEING

a quietude filled with the harmonies of songbirds

leaves of the dogwood glisten outside my window

sweet be the savor of the shimmering reflections

the sun holding to its supernal brilliance

strokes of gold and orange adorn the luminous setting sun

feel I a baptism of beauty

a stillness, a silence, a living peace

golden be this twilight hour

the endowments of BREATH and BEING

this a Sunday in the PRESENCE of Summer.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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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. 

Blooms In My Garden

Blooms In My Garden

Such be the beauty of bloom to behold

Petals that grace creation’s story told

Roots feeding branches in an expressive grace

Splendor of green and magenta within heart’s place 

Chambers of heart in pulsing passion they be

The quiver, the majesty of bloom blessed from THEE

Emergent glory of Sun’s prevailing light divine 

Savor as does the Bee, the elixirs, the rhapsodies of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo Story: Blooms in my Garden ~ Rhododendron, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

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A Post Script 

May 17, 2021

Blessings of beauty, nature in accord this very next day.
Yes, a Butterfly in soaring grace lovingly to mark THE WAY.

S A V O R the Blessings...

S A V O R the Blessings...

          Spring
               Ascension
                    Volition 
                         Omnipresence 
                              Resurrection ... soul's divine grace be known...

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Words in Revelation

#SAVOR #Blessings #poet_laureate #rosemarieraccioppi 

Afar a Black Bird

The songbird song heard

So sweet be this touch of sound

The clear blue sky with whispers of grace

Bright, clear, warming sun

Felt be these rays of love from source

Fresh fragrance of bloom, trees in floral array

The caress of the calm wind upon my face

Ambrosial quietude

The shimmering dance of light upon leaves 

Afar a black bird perched on a high wire

Such be the savor of time, distance and PRESENCE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York