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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Reflected moments... At this evening hour in Tappan, New York

 

the rising and now the setting of this day's sun

our tasks, our deeds, be they the work done

and when we pause in reverie's embrace

each blessing to hold to its sacred place

tell we another the events of the day

how we have come to define,  THE WAY

precious be reflected moments to share

know we the glory of God's loving care.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Courtesy use: Google search.

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Day Beckons ~ Autumn Light

day beckons to the night

and dons the sky in strokes of light

the setting sun in majestic array

the breath of beauty at close of day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Autumn Light II, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

Blue... a chair...

Blue... a chair...

Colors in splendor for all to see
The setting sun casts its light upon me
In solitude here upon mighty rocks divine
I, Blue, embraced by this moment sublime
Wondrous be this glory of sun's parting way
Here I, in the Presence of this hour, this day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

...such beauty captured by Alison Perry... Blue, a chair... and so a poetic response...

Lilting Song Sweet

moments of fulfillment and knowing true

purpose and vision a destined you

another heart, another soul, a path be shown

gathered be the pain, the resolve, the joy known

from the ancients echoes of wisdom in resounding accord

the counsel of kings, queens, sages, and a blessed Lord

hear I the robin redbreast, a lilting song sweet

branch and bough and wings alight do meet

touched by the yet brilliant setting sun

thoughts, reflections, gentle winds call as ONE.


In loving dedication to:
Mike Scully
and
Patti Kelly
moments shared at Audubon Greenwich

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: American Robin, Tails of Birding.

Within This Hour

Haiku Reflection

setting sun of gold
alchemy be this moment
with light One behold.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Golden Sky, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010, http://www.apogeeart.com