...this day's story...

night rains and so flowing waters be
upon gardens, fields and to the sea
earth and roots to the dawning light behold
heaven's sweet libation be this day's story told.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Libation, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011

rain... Waters and Fields

the night to reveal
what blessings hold ever real
waters and fields lush and green
here and in distances dark yet seen
nature's palette in abundance greet
where streams, rivers, sea and ocean meet
the welcomed rains and heard is nature's sigh
hallowed libation from heaven's sky
the night to reveal
what blessings hold ever real.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Waters and Fields, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...the hour...

interlude
midnight be the hour
deep be the dark
indigo shadows
call to the morning light.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Midnight, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Gypsy Dance

Gypsy Dance

passion's beckoning call
dance this moment's divinity
the Gypsy knows
the Gypsy knows.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Gypsy Dance, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Oh Kesario Hazari Gul Ro Phool / Lacho Drom

Thank You Sultan... and so shared... "Rajasthani Gypsies of the Thar.. A Desert Culture that thrives in India and Pakistan.. The footage is taken from "Latcho Drom" ~ Tony Gatlif's 103-minute 1993 film Latcho Drom (Safe Journey) is a non-plot based narration of Gypsy musicians, in Rajastan (India/Pakistan), Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France and Spain."

When the labors of life, the celebrations, the desires, the joys, become our music, we dance with each breath... and yes,
we are ONE with this pulsing divinity within.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Dream's Enfold

..enfold... haiku reflections...

slumber's surrender
mystical light and shadow
within dream's enfold.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Dream's Enfold, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau

ALCHEMY...Sun and Earth...

golden light as earth shall be
rays of splendor from sea to sea
dark depths hold to a warming grace
alchemic light within to place
the sun to rise, to set, to rise anew
earth, sun and bounty blessings true
alchemy, the behest of divine spirit free
revelation, eternal light, this earth shall be.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Sun and Earth, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

APOGEE ~ Within Self...

to the setting of quest
to the vision and the goal
to the heights of spirit
to the inspiration within soul
pulsing heart passions aflame
destiny destiny call to your name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Thank You Gary Manzo for believing and knowing
Image, ©Gary Manzo, 2011.