Spring This day

...this mid day hour...in Tappan, New York


the bloom of Spring
this very day
white and golden jewels
in treasured array
crocus and daffodil
greet the warming sun
and lambent sky
hear the chorus
songbirds sing near by
behold these gifts
ever divine
the bloom of Spring
beauty sublime.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


White and Golden Jewels, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Reverie

from depths of time
cresting waves of thought
of time past
of time present
pulsing passions anew
reverie
the crescendo of the soul.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Reverie, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Green be the Way... Happy St. Patrick's Day

GREEN be the way... and to all the blessings of St. Patrick's Day...

Nature's Vow

mountain side fields of green there be
on river banks as waters flow to the ocean to the sea
from Spring to Winter be there ever seen
budding and seasoned leaves of green
dew touched green greets the dawn
the harvest from nature's bounty drawn
in heights that soar a tree does stand
the splendor of green in sublime command
shades and hues upon branch and bough
the grace of green 'tis nature's vow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

'Tis Green, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Sweet Surrender

what be this calling in silence heard
the Muse beckons colors be words
deep indigo shimmering light of a star
brought I to wondrous vistas far
strokes upon a surface pristine and white
from a palette comes the indigo night
sweet surrender and I to behold
the Muse calling in color told.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Sweet Surrender, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Phoenix Rising

awareness and change
phoenix rising
limitation to liberation
constraint to creation
doubt to deliverance
fear to faith
betrayal to beauty
treachery to TRUTH
so BE this... Birth Eternal
phoenix rising.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Phoenix Rising, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

An Arrival

...the storm...

an arrival
from storming moments
from pain beyond understanding
from deception and false realities
from the daunting echoes of oppression

an arrival
from the din of judgments
from the cacophony of opinions
from haunting doubts and fears
from care coupled with resentment

an arrival
to the delights of Spring
to the blooms of Summer
to the colors of Fall
to the surrender of Winter

an arrival
to the majesty of the heavens
to the divinity of the moon and stars
to the splendor of the dawning day
to the beauty of the setting sun

an arrival
to the wonders of BEING
to the exploration of cause
to the power of intent
to the resolves of time

an arrival
to the embrace of SELF
to the WORD known
to the gifts of CREATION
to the SOUL revealed.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Light Behind the Storm, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012. http://www.apogeeart.com

Two Colors

red
on
black.


‎..and so here offered ...silent poetry... color and form as its own voice...
as its own mood...
as its own expression...


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Red On Black, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.