A Sunday Offering

snow it is 
a cloak of shimmering light
silent be these crystals 
so gently fall and fall and fall
be this Nature's Sunday Offering 
now at rest.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
APOGEE Poet

Photo: Nature's Sunday Offering, 
Collectible Clicks, KK, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

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