...in the garden... Within Heart's Love

delicate be this holding of sun's light
petals of majestic grandeur and delight
enfold they Creation's tender embrace
the bloom of a rose within heart's love I place.
a flower, a memory, this benediction of time
beauty be truth's expression divine.
 
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Rose, Photo: Karen Krinitz, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

A Memorial Day Tribute ~ 2012 ~ To Honor Those Who Lived A Cause

To Honor Those Who Lived A Cause
Memorial Day 2012

Flowers and flags in devoted array
A loving tribute this Memorial Day
To honor those who lived a cause
This moment, this day, and so a pause
Hearts and souls in valor known
Right intention and devotion shown
Battlefields of victory and plight
Through all beheld freedom's light
Answered they did to liberty's plea
That freedom be held for a you, a me
Sons and daughters, husbands and wives
Children of purpose have given their lives
The breath of freedom an endowment divine
Bequeathed to life yours, life mine
With valor and sacrifice life they gave
And embraced the call yet to be brave
In memorial and reverence gather we
For held be the right that we live free
Memory of each life gone never to fade
Live we life's blessings for sacrifice made.

In loving gratitude to all who served and serve in faith ever new.
...lest we forget..

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Flanders Field, Painting, Willy Werner.

In the Garden ~ Iris ~ haiku reflection...

...in the garden...

Iris ~ haiku reflection

bloom of nature's grace

beauty be its expression
divinity's joy.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 

Iris, In the Garden, Photo: © Karen Krinitz, Collectible Clicks, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Light's Allure

brilliant be the setting sun
this hour of day in surrender
upon the horizon a twilight fire
light's allure and heart's desire
soon the dark shall in vista come
light and darkness to embrace as ONE
blessed be this twilight fire
light's allure and heart's desire.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 

 Twilight Fire, Image, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012

Iris in PRAISE

alchemic light of creation
petals of golden rays
veiled in violet blue gossamer
so delicate be this beauty
so resounding be this glory
the bloom of iris in PRAISE.

 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Iris, IPhone Photo, Pat R., Collectible Clicks, © Rose Marie Raccioppi.

The Iris Garden

the twilight hour at the iris garden
each bloom holds to the gentle winds that call
the winds whisper the grace of each petal and leaf
the night becomes infused with majestic divinity
felt is this enchanting dance of color, light and bloom.

 Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown,  New York

 

Iris Garden, Image, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

rain...rain.. and more rain... and then...The Splendor of Green

The Splendor of Green

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

Green, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011-2012.