The Adoration Of The Magi

A Child born and so known and told
Gifts of frankincense, myrrh and gold
Three Wise Men to distance far
Guided by heaven's shining star
A life of devotion, grace and praise
To fill the unfolding of His days
Let it be ever known, ever heard
Jesus, His life, His love, His Divine WORD.

A Blessed and Merry Christmas to All.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



The Adoration Of The Magi, Corrado Giaquinto, Molfetta 1703 - Naples 1766.

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...days counting...

Gather we all for blessings, love and cheer
For that special Christmas Day is mighty near.

Much love to ALL,

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Do enjoy the spirited message Charlie Brown brings to all of us

A Charlie Brown Christmas (The Meaning of Christmas) - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQeKdvXliIU&feature=related

Charlie Brown Christmas, Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz

This BE the Season of Light ~ Sun, Moon and Stars

wondrous light up on high
the sun in flight across the sky
wondrous orb to wax and wane
the beauty of night claims your name
the sun the moon such gifts of grace
your light and love in heart I place
and if a moment in darkness or despair
know I the Presence of light's embracing care
the light of stars upon my soul ever be
this be God's WORD decreed to me.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." John 1:3-5

Fresco of Christ creating the sun, moon and stars, St. Paraskevi Shrine, Greenlawn, NY, http://stparaskevi.org

Orangetown, Rich in History

Orangetown We Hail

A vision held within each heart
From which a righteous quest had its start
Freedom's plea with words defined
Orangetown Resolutions, July 4, 1774 were signed
The Declaration of Independence to follow its path
Man to be beyond oppression, domination and wrath
Major Andre, Benedict Arnold conspiracy and travail
Be it Truth and Justice ever to prevail
Washington-Carleton papers in 1783 signed and sealed
The heart and pulse of freedom in words revealed
And so declared a nation new to soar
A seventeen gun salute at Snedens shore
Snedens Landing in memorial be
A beacon holding fast Freedom's decree
Rich lands for labor and toil
Bounty and abundance from land and soil
Enterprise, invention, production to serve need and desire
Each vision alight with Freedom's flame and fire
And with freedom's defense and call anew
Be there World War II
From Camp Shanks soldiers to foreign shores they be
Hold they dear the protected right to live Free
Change during years past and present to prevail
Orangetown, Rich in History, we with heart hail.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
2011


Photo: Courtesy of : www.tappantown.org


Video clip with Rose Marie Raccioppi presenting poem to the Orangetown Town Board
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Raccioppi Shares Introduction to Orangetown History - Pearl River, NY Patch
http://pearlriver.patch.com/articles/raccioppi-shares-introduction-to-orangetown-history

The Artist's Hand

Blessings of beauty and grace ever sweet
Upon canvas, vision and Creation meet
Strokes of color, form, and light cast
Of moments now, of moments past
Seized by passion and a knowing goal
Soaring be this calling, this calling of soul
Within there be a questing command
And so summoned is the Muse and the artist's hand.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Study of Hands, c. 1474, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452 - 1519.

Lifetimes Unfold

Visions, shrouds, lifetimes unfold
Quest ever present, a story told
From torn and tattered threads of time
Woven new a swaddling divine
This silent call I am to heed
Revelation is Wisdom's way and creed
Cradled in TRUTH the muse is heard
Known is sweet slumber and known is God's WORD
Awakened by Spirit, Life's song to be sung
Each moment, each day, each lifetime begun
Memory of shadow, light ever cast
This melody of time now and past.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


The Protection of Baby Zeus, Rhea and Cronus.

...tango...tango...tango ... haiku reflection

vistas of star birth
feel the pulsing of this night
tango be the mood.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Tango Mood, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.