Truth and Beauty as One

pulsing be these cords of passion

sounding the calling quest

pulsing be these ascending roots of vision

the heart and soul in divine accord

truth and beauty as one

breath and life as one

being BE - this moment BIRTH ETERNAL

pulsing... sounding... pulsing...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Inscription: 

"Beauty, old yet ever new, eternal voice and inward word."

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1863-1937, Sculpture, Beauty, Carrara marble, Constructed, 1914-1920.

A Visit ~ You Sing Your Song

You Sing Your Song

At a wood crafted table

Weathered, grayed

By rain, sun and shade

The silent echoes of trees

From which it was made

A robin red breast near

Its song a knowing wise

For it too sees the tree

In its now present disguise

So still, so quiet, I to be

To keep that robin near 

On the lookout by me

Not pained by days past

Not burdened with lessons of history

No fear to soar the sky

No doubt in moment present

Little bird, little bird

You sing your song

And ALL is known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Fence Post Lookout, Photograph, Stephen Baird, 2009, http://www.nikonsniper.blogspot.com

Shadows of Grace

darkened be the morning sky

a veil of gray up on high

a quietude to behold

this moment enfold

peeking light between leaves of green

shadows of grace be they seen.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Veil of Gray, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Bloom and Splendor

favors of Spring this day be known
the blessings of rain be they shown
at my door in beckoning glee
leaf and bloom upon each tree
and from the sky so high above
the sweet rain of nature's love
upon grass, leaf, branch and bough
droplets holding to Spring's sacred vow
lush and green blessings brought to me
bloom and splendor of the Dogwood tree.
 
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Dogwood, Photo: PFR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Tribute to John William Waterhouse

Haiku Reflection

delicate passion

beauty in such loving grace

from soul be this known.

In gratitude to Josh.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Primal Rhythms

Primal rhythms
heard within the depths of me
The sound of cresting waves
breaking at sea
Flowing, cascading, cresting,
luxuriant waters divine
The feel, the sound, the ebb and flow,
blissful breath mine.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

The Moon and Waves, Oil on canvas, 2007, George Dmitriev, 1957, Murom, Russia, 1957-. http://www.artrussia.ru

Majestic Array

Petals enfolding the caress of light
Wings of violet brushed with white
Savor I such flowering rapture this day
The Iris, Spring's bloom in majestic array.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Majestic Array, Iris, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.