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

This day calls...

Reflection...

the storms that have come to be

the ravages of rain, winds, water and sea

the loss calls heart to heart

from which rebuilding bears its start

community to community in many a need

let charity, faith and love be our shared creed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Tappan, New York

March in its mercurial mood...

March and the call of winter...

trees barren of leaves

budding green in a blanket of snow

sun brilliant in the lambent sky

the calm of a cold cold winter day

March being March in its mercurial mood

holds to the call of winter

summoned be the cold, high winds, and snow angels

crystals of light to come forth in winter’s mood

and so the storm before the gateway to spring.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Light Behind the Storm ~ 12 years after 9/11

Here in New York dark skies at the noon hour
Thunderous sounding now heard
Could it be the lament of a yesterday, a yesteryear
Could it be the grief yet known for that ominous day of 9/11
Today, 12 years since the day after tragic loss, the human spirit prevails
The rains, as too tears, the heart's nourishing libation
And the light behind the storm is held in the NOW.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Light Behind the Storm, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

It is happening in Tappan, New York right now...brrrrrrrr....

chilling winds from north at play
many a tree in frenetic sway
winter angels busy busy they be
dusting snow as far as I do see

a gossamer veil with winds do blow
and carried be the falling snow
branch and bough all dressed in white
snow crystals and sparkles of light.

Warms hugs my friends...much love...

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Snow, Tappan, NY, Photo, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

...and so it is a storm anew in Tappan, New York Tenderness and Temper

Tenderness and Temper

A gossamer veil of wind, snow and light
Settled and cloaked in crystal strokes of white
So delicate be these touches upon fallen branches and bough
Beauty shall we behold be the storm's silent vow
Fury and calm be the mood of Nature at hand
Ask  I what forces be there presently in command
Listen I to the night winds of November's storming path
Hear I that a new dawning awaits beyond the wind's wrath
Cold be the night as gusting winds from the north do blow
Pristine be the falling and wind swept snow
Tenderness and temper be this night's domain
Nature's province in storming splendor holds its special claim.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Tappan, New York

Photo, CAR, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, Collectible Clicks, 2012.

The Storm and Six Days Past

The Storm and Six Days Past

storming winds so strong they blow this night

leaves, branch and bough of mighty trees take to flight

petition I to the wind hold safe my home and spare this looming tree

know the reverence and respect I hold in heart for thee

menacing be its foreboding swaying shadows ever so vast

resounding be the sound of branches by the wind upon ground cast

hear I the booming snap and ominous thunderous fall

pray I with loss of limbs mighty oak hold you yet tall

many a storm have you weathered over decades gone by

many a season's joy with bloom and splendor on high

touched be my heart with each season's love and grace

hold steady mighty oak to the calling winds lusty embrace

the night comes to pass and many a loss reported there be

as wild winds sweep away homes, rage rivers, streams and sea

what be told by nature's storming and ranting mood this very night

FAITH be the invocation and so known shall be the dawning light

and now the sun this day six days past shines bright in the lambent sky above

safe I BE and blessed I implore BE ALL in GOD and merciful love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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Light Behind the Storm, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

The Storm

the torrential rains
the strong winds
waters a flow
ocean shores, river banks
streams, creeks, ponds
waters a flow
trees and branches fall in submission
leaves in frenetic flight
the storm the storm the storm
the sounding sounding cry
the calm the calm the calm
this after night violet be the sky.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Violet Be The Sky, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

October's Gift This Hour

As I step into my garden I to greet
The sounding feel of leaves below my feet
A quiet presence deep within
All calmed is the daunting din
From that mighty Oak tree ever strong and tall
This blanket of fallen leaves, gift of Fall
Amber, red, orange and colors of gold
Trees of Birch, Dogwood, mark time and a story told
Leaves alight and with winds do flee
Season of change the presence of Fall's decree
Torrential rain and south winds yesternight
Harken to the rising of morning's new light
The messengers of storm now silent of sound
Leaves, twigs and branches rest upon ground
Warming sun yet chilled be the morning air
October's gift this hour, sky so blue so fair.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Photo : Bruno Monginoux / www.Landscape-Photo.net

Winds of Change

The ears deafened by the din of despair
The eyes blinded by the glare of illusion
The heart ravaged by the pain of betrayal
The soul hidden within the shattered self
Waves of destruction crest a sea of confusion
Life’s shores besieged by fear
Spirit summoned in the wake of the storm
Behold its calm resolve
The winds of change can now be heard
The distant shores now seen in the light of the rising sun
Rhythmic this heart with the cadence of the ocean tide
Undaunted now by the resounding ebb and flow
And the constant winds of change.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


A Dark Sky Over Sequoia National Park, Credit: D. Duriscoe, C. Duriscoe, R. Pilewski, & L. Pilewski, U.S. NPS Night Sky Program
Astronomy Picture of the Day, August 27, 2009

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Light Behind The Storm

Light behind the storm
And hushed is heaven's outcry
To the wind and wave.

Clouds, thunderous within a celestial sea
Imbued I am with the beauty they gift to me
Summer winds and cresting waves of white
Darkness dispelled and known be the light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Light Behind the Storm, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com


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Stormed

The ears deafened by the din of despair
The eyes blinded by the glare of illusion
The heart ravaged by the pain of betrayal
The soul hidden within the shattered self
Waves of destruction crest a sea of confusion
Life’s shores besieged by fear
Spirit summoned in the wake of the storm
Behold its calm resolve
The winds of change can now be heard
The distant shores now seen in the light of the rising sun
Rhythmic this heart with the cadence of the ocean tide
Undaunted now by the resounding ebb and flow
And the constant winds of change.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Light Behind the Storm, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.apogeeart.com