Heaven and Earth

 

Images, vistas of Heaven and Earth in majestic array

Lakes, streams. rivers, oceans, wondrous water way

Rising and setting sun, colors emerge and blanketed they be

In the coming of night, held by the open sea

Mountains, plains, valleys, such splendor to behold

Each with a story past, present and yet to be told

Earth in its grandeur gifts of grace and light

So blessed be this day, so blessed be this night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Photograph: Courtesy of http://pixdaus.com

 

In Moments Present

And NOW as the sun sets 
the light of day 
in its divinity and repose
brilliant red and golden tones 
don the barren trees
within breaths the darkened sky
trees silhouetted
stark and graceful they do stand
this night, this night 
in the Creator's command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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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.

This Hour of Sunset

No earrings, bracelets, necklaces or rings need she bear
Yet fully adorned and crowned in God’s loving care
Free of shackles and constraint of body and soul
Within all treasures and a found goal
She honors life in all its glory
Each moment now a complete story
And when she records with pen a line
Awakened and felt is the sublime
Who pray tell is she
She is the I introduced to the me
And in this moment of quiet reflection
She sees all of nature in full perfection
The warmth of the summer setting sun her hand does feel
And what is so distant is now and real
No greater or lesser can this Presence be
The I known here, now, in this moment to me
The deep breath of Being in great abound
In this hour of sunset the I has found.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Dusk, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010-2012.

Light's Allure

brilliant be the setting sun
this hour of day in surrender
upon the horizon a twilight fire
light's allure and heart's desire
soon the dark shall in vista come
light and darkness to embrace as ONE
blessed be this twilight fire
light's allure and heart's desire.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 

 Twilight Fire, Image, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012

...the gentle winds blow...and I Sail

Sail I to the sun's splendor
Sail I to the casting light
Sail I to the call of the waters
Beyond the dark of night

Sail I to the vistas of faith
Sail I to the depths of my soul
Sail I to the glory and grace
Beyond all life's toll

Sail I to uncharted waters
Sail I to horizons yet known
Sail I to each sunrise
Beyond life has thus shown

Sail I to the heavens above
Sail I to the dreams to unfold
Sail I to the questing heart
Beyond a story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Sail I, Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Shadow Not The Light

Haiku Reflections
light ever given

the dance of the sun
sunrise sunset light's beauty
God's warming embrace.

shadow not the light
harken the call of Presence
moment of Being.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Pembroke Caselt, South Wales: Thunder Storm Approaching, Watercolor, 1801, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851.

PRESENCE ...‎...Autumn Sky... strokes of color...words of haiku...

closing of day's light
sunset's breath of reverie
luminous glory.

hues of golden light
the grandeur of piety
praise be Creation.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Autumn Glory, image: Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Past Present And Yet To Come

The wax and wane of the moon's light
The ebb and flow of the tide
The rising and setting sun
Past present and yet to come.

The question, the doubt, the resolve in heart
The laughter, the joy, the knowing wise
The task, the vision, the deed so done
Past present and yet to come.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Sunset on Long Island, Oil on canvas, 1939, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986.

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A Day in July ~ Saturday Before Sunset

...a day in July...

On a Saturday Before Sunset

No earrings, bracelets, necklaces or rings need she bear
Yet fully adorned and crowned in God’s loving care

Free of shackles and constraint of body and soul
Within all treasures and a found goal

She honors life in all its glory
Each moment now a complete story

And when she records with pen a line
Awakened and felt is the sublime

Who pray tell is she
She is the I introduced to the me

And in this moment of quiet reflection
She sees all of nature in full perfection

Bamboo leaves such grace of green
Shades and hues held by each leaf seen

Touched and moved by wind and light
Leaves in shadow leaves held bright

The quiver of the growing leaf, the strength of the rooted tree
Suspended, held and free

Running waters flow, a chorus of crickets, branches all a sway
A bird, a butterfly in luminous array

The warmth of the summer setting sun her hand does feel
And what is so distant is now and real

At a round wood crafted table she taken to rest
And marvels when catching sight of a bird returning to nest

An airplane above a distant roar
She thinks of how man sets himself to soar

Children’s voices at play are heard
Accompanied by the song of a songbird

No greater or lesser can this presence be
The I known here, now, in this moment to me

The deep breath of Being in great abound
On a Saturday before sunset the I has found.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Wind and Light, Watercolor, Skyscapes, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com/

'Tis Fall We Hail

Glowing amber be the sun such luminous array
As time beckons the closing of this day
A season of change within this moment now
Nature keeping its ever present vow
Brilliant gold, vibrant orange, ruby red leaves alight
Chilling winds and a distant sounding whistle to fill the night
The street lamp a halo upon my bedroom window
Shadows of branch, leaf, quiver and wake below
Sounding crickets call to this season's quest and quail
The moving rustle of gathered leaves 'tis Fall we hail
Dressed in lavish color each tree soon be bare
With leaf shed and bough and branch in Winter's knowing care.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Sunset, Photo, Courtesy of N9Xs.com



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In This Hour of Sunset

No earrings, bracelets, necklaces or rings need she bear
Yet fully adorned and crowned in God’s loving care
Free of shackles and constraint of body and soul
Within all treasures and a found goal
She honors life in all its glory
Each moment now a complete story
And when she records with pen a line
Awakened and felt is the sublime
Who pray tell is she
She is the I introduced to the me
And in this moment of quiet reflection
She sees all of nature in full perfection
The warmth of the summer setting sun her hand does feel
And what is so distant is now and real
No greater or lesser can this presence be
The I known here, now, in this moment to me
The deep breath of Being in great abound
In this hour of sunset the I has found.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Sunset 1830-5, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851.

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