...a grace... a delight... In Quietude

gentle be the warmth of the sun

deep be the breath of resolve

a quietude, a pause, a knowing devine

take I to palette with brush and paint

the firmament lambent with love and light

in quietude, a grace, blessings of delight.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Quietude, Watercolor, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com/

Dearest Friends, Thank You for visiting. This has been a WINTER to its name here in New York. Today, with yet mounds of snow from the last snowstorm, hints of the SPRING to come are joyfully present. Melting snow, peeking green of the daffodils, brilliant clear sky, the touch of the warming sun, all within the embrace of quietude and this season's cycle of change... so BE the Glory of Creation.... much love on to you... Rose Marie Raccioppi

...this day in Celebration ~ International Woman's Day ~ On BEING a Woman... IWD.

Holding to the Wonder

Aware of the Omnipresent

Feeling the Marvel

Living the Aspiration

Fulfilling Need

Words to define what it is to be a woman

Come from the special meaning of who we are

With grace we receive and provide the ultimate giving

With love we nurture

With question we pursue

With pain we give birth and revel in its miracle

With persistence we provide

We are blessed to be

The receiver and giver of life.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Reve de printemps - A Dream of Spring, William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, 1901.

On Being A Woman, Selected Poem, BARNES & NOBLE | The Wind and the Willow
 by Rose Marie Raccioppi,

 Publish America | Paperback, NOOK Book (eBook)
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In acknowledged Celebration of
International Woman's Day
March 8, 2013.

...awakened...Magenta Mood

magenta be the mood of passions real

the dance of spirit beyond conceal

whirling be this grace of time

magenta mood within moment mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Magenta Mood, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013. 

... within depths... Sweeping Splendor

alchemic be this indigo night

sweeping splendor of golden light

within the depths of slumber I BE

and known be the grandeur of alchemy.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Sweeping Splendor, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013. 

She as ONE

She As ONE

Her wrist with beads and ribbon bright

Her hand with earth's bounty and warming light

Holds she the sands of biding time

Earth's treasure and she as ONE divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Patti Pistis

Earth and the jewels of nature... beauty in hand

...time and... The Midnight Hour

An experience and so be the root of change in perception

A word shared and prompted is love and loss in reflection

Time and place enfold our body our mind

And so we reach for meaning valid and kind

Are we in our purpose and is satisfaction real

Or are we in pain that we choose to conceal

The hour past and present be a midnight call

By our own intention we to rise or fall

Time, place, vision, purpose, be they all told

Our story woven threads of days silver and gold

What credence do we give to time present and past

The sweep of clock hands and with pen our story cast

This moment, this very hour at hand

Be it known by devotion and a willing command

Our heart, our soul, with a knowing divine

To grace this gift of our granted time

The midnight hour be it ever embraced

A new day of light within our heart is placed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo Credit: Jack Dagley

We are ever at a mid point between the past PRESENT future... the day that was, the day that is and the day yet to arrive... we are ever in the midst of change and choice... we are the shapers of the meaning of our time... how we perceive our experience - how we plan - how accepting - how resistant... we are the breath of time... the inhalation, the exhalation, the receiving the giving... the stillness and the action, and so the midnight hour ever the offering of a day new, with all its light, all its offerings, all its potential, all its challenge...  Rose Marie Raccioppi

...music of the night

in haiku reflection

music of the night

the wind in its flight of song

an ode to day new.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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Music of the night, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.