...and so BE the risen light...

Very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared and they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  
Luke 24:1,3

HE HAS RISEN

This BE in loving grace heard
And known was the TRUTH of HIS WORD
Peace, love and healing did HE bring
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, let us sing
With unerring FAITH within our hearts HE to live
And to this our ardent devotion shall we give.

H A P P Y ~ E A S T E R

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (1825-1905), Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau (The Holy Women at the Sepulcher) 

The Three Marys at the Tomb, Oil on Canvas, 1876.

April 2017 ~ National Poetry Month... Celebration it is...past/forward in poetic dialogue...

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In Acknowledgment of National Poetry Month... I am asked what is my purpose as a Poet Laureate... I answer L I F E... to be known by our gifts, our needs, each letter, each word a journey, be it the Love that serves self and others, the Inspiration that speaks to heart and vision, the Freedom that defines our spirit, the Eternal ever present... Yes, an awakening to L I F E defines my purpose.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

March in its mercurial mood...

March and the call of winter...

trees barren of leaves

budding green in a blanket of snow

sun brilliant in the lambent sky

the calm of a cold cold winter day

March being March in its mercurial mood

holds to the call of winter

summoned be the cold, high winds, and snow angels

crystals of light to come forth in winter’s mood

and so the storm before the gateway to spring.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Spring... Soulful Expression...

Spring in its soulful expression
The bloom of life and beauty
Delicate be the quiver of nature's grace
Such soulful expression within heart to place
The purity of white in snow and bloom anew
This the WAY of GOD in blessings eternal on to You.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

W H I T E ...

White...

White be the fire flame

The passion of light ne'er to tame

Rapturous be an alchemy done

The fire, the flame, the passion, ONE 

Purity, the forging of SELF and time

Be known the eternal soul divine

White be the fire flame

The passion of light ne'er to tame.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

MOMENT by MOMENT …

MOMENT by MOMENT …

                                                          the Momentum of a vision

                                                          the Omnipresence in blessings

                                                          the Manifestation in expression

                                                          the Evolutionary in dominion

                                                          the Nurturance in grace

                                                          the Treasure of breath and BEING…

MOMENT by MOMENT …

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York


Image: Time: Gary Hickin, Gazart.

With Each Breath New

With Each Breath New

I AM the light of the dawning day

the gentle call of the wind

the sweet song bird song

the moon that calls to the tides

the sun that touches a bloom

the soaring eagle that rises above the storm

I AM the light of the dawning day

the star that shines ever so brightly

the rain that in libation gives its gift

the thunder that sounds the spirit of change

the butterfly that holds to such delicate beauty

the rose with petals softly velvet and piercing thorns

I AM the light of the dawning day with each breath new.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Firmament, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.apogeeart.com