...known to time... This Old Oak Tree

In this early noon September day sun
towering above this old oak tree
sunlight upon rustling leaves
and so the sway of shadow and light
Trunk bold and erect
giving to branches high and wide
this mighty oak of many a year
A palette of glistening and deep green
hues above me
and to the West
a sky of clear blue
All known to time and beauty
In this early noon September day sun.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

All Known, Oak Tree Canopy Photograph, Collectible Clicks©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009-2012.
All Known, Rose Marie Raccioppi, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, June, 2008.