Haiku Reflections ~ 俳句

Haiku
俳句

Haiku is a disciplined form. It calls for 17 syllables, in three lines, with 5, 7, 5, syllables respectively in each line. Within these parameters one can express freely. Upon completion of a haiku one is gifted with the awareness that within defined limitations one can choose to be free.

Haiku

haiku reflections
words of heart and reverie
echoes of the soul.

Will

the will to create
harmony of heart and soul
divine muse calling.

Music

music of spirit
the lilting heart of passion
accord with soul known.

Dance

dance to celebrate
love's gift of life and spirit
presence in joy known.

Restful

restful be this heart
lilting waves of grace be heard
sounding pulse sublime.

Galaxies

filled with knowing wise
wondrous gifts of creation
galaxies afar.

Vista

Orion star birth
vista of pulsing splendor
luminous palette.

Winds

echoing winds blow
the sounding feel of this day
white capped cresting waves.

Expressions

expressions of heart
words to capture truth's beauty
a poet a pen.

Offerings

life, quest, and purpose
faith, love, truth, beauty divine
a birth eternal.

Will

thought and creation
intention, will, passion's call
mind, hand, pen, and brush.

Awakening

this awakening
cause, effect, revelation
will and knowing truth.

Gift

the Creator's gift
the kingdom of life within
blessed our Being.

Greatness

greatness and grace known
with our loving devotion
to Creation's will.

Dulcinea

Passion and the light

To each his Dulcinea
The quest and the dream.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Dulcinea, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, ©2010.

This Oak's Loving Gifts

outside my window... in my garden...

Know I, this Oak's loving gifts
Towering life, strength and beauty
Rooted, reaching, branching free
Know I, its splendor and its grace
Many moons, many seasons past
The fresh green budding of Spring
The full rapturous bloom of Summer
And this season present
The glorious array of Fall
Leaves donned in shades of crimson
Take to wind's wondrous flight
Bare soon both bough and branch
To hold Winter winds, snow and light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Dedicated
in appreciation
for the care of this towering Oak
by the highly competent crew of

Sarvis Tree Service
Pearl River, New York

The Climber and the Crew

Agile and confident be his stride
Adept in his tree climbing pride
With knowing care he mounts this towering Oak tree
Trimming and cutting with a supporting crew he be
And I to enjoy in full safety and pleasure
This towering Oak I lovingly treasure.


Photo: Towering Oak at dusk, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Creation's Bounty

Bough and branch
In splendor they be
The delight of leaves
The giving of a tree
Creation's bounty
Be it ever known
Seasons of grace
In God's light shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Bruno Monginoux / www.Landscape-Photo.net (cc-by-nc-nd)

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Season's Grace

Leaves at rest in colorful array
Such be the gifts of this Fall day
Gathered near the tall Oak tree
The leaves of Fall a blanket they be
Fallen branches and twigs of great number
Spoils of rain, wind and sounding thunder
With leaves alight the wind does bring
The acorns, the seedlings, for yet the new Spring
Each season's grace in joy to receive
'Tis the Creator, again conceived.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Photo : Fall, Bruno Monginoux / www.Landscape-Photo.net
(cc-by-nc-nd)

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This Majesty of ALL

the lure of time
I heed not to its calling plea
the morrow of Creation
in Birth Eternal I BE
words and scrolls
speak the knowing heart
from the light of God
the WORD shall not depart
And I embraced
in heaven's light and love
this majesty of ALL
ALL below ALL above.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


St. Mary Magdalene, 1623-27, Oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome,
Simon Vouet, French Baroque Era Painter, 1590-1649.



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The Matrix

resounding whispers
awakened sensibilities
the voice and prod of Being
daunting echoes quelled
presence beckons
and I in an embrace
of my own heart's knowing
my soul's soaring faith
hear I the call of the Now
this moment of Being
beyond this room
beyond this place
to the eternal chambers
where all IS
the matrix of Inspired Spirit
the light of ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


image: matrix-architekt



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'Tis Music I Hear

'tis music I hear
the cresting waves of the sea
the tides that ebb and flow
the lilt of the songbird
the whispering melodies of the wind
the crescendo of galaxies afar
the light refrain of the heavenly stars
'tis music I hear
the babbling brook
the rain at my window
the crisp crackle of autumn leaves
the silent song of winter's snow
the awakening melodies of spring's light
the warm serenade of the summer sun
'tis music I hear.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses (detail) by Simon Vouet, French painter, 1590- 1649.

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