A Child ... this be known...

A Child

a child is not born with sword in hand nor malice in heart
the glory of breath BE its blessed start
tender be its touch, loving be its grace
ever be its questing, reverent be its place
shadow not by doubt, judgment, reprisal and fear
let the gift of life be held beyond each tear
know what time and space is ordained to give
the SELF in Peace eternally to live.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Song of the Angels, 1881, Oil on canvas, Adolphe-William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, Museum at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale, California.

...but a ribbon...Across The Fields

across the fields of time and space
upon a path of light to trace
sky and earth and destiny be
the calling, the calling of Spirit's decree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Ribbon of Light, image creation, Vistas of the Mind, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.