Quake and Storm

...mother earth... haiku reflections

mother earth calling
heed her trembling hue and cry
plea of quake and storm.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Quake and Storm, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Garden Song of Night

garden song of night
crickets in choral joy
the waning gibbous Moon calls
darkness aglow
Jupiter in magical array
vibrant life of green
holding to the light
this moment of earth and sky.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Garden Song of Night, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...Saturday Night it is... Aries Mood

...haiku reflections...

an Aries night mood
palette of color at play
hues of passion call.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


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Aries Mood, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Atlantis and the Mystery - As above So below...

and so...

reflection be the play of mind
to earth be known the divine
pools of time and place to be
the heavens, the waters of ocean of sea
to hold the truths of time gone past
to BE of Spirit ever last
as above so below
wondrous creation our soul to know.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

The Emerald Tablet of THOTH
Tablet 11
The Key to Above and Below

"List ye, now to my voice and become
greater than common man.
Lift thine eyes upward,
let Light fill thy being,
be thou ever Children of Light.
Only by effort shall ye grow upward to
the plane where Light is the All of the All.
Be ye the master of all that surrounds thee.
Never be mastered by the effects of thy life.
Create then ever more perfect causes
and in time shalt thou be a Sun of the Light
Free, let thine soul soar ever upward,
free from the bondage and fetters of night.
Lift thine eyes to the Sun in the sky-space.
For thee, let it be a symbol of life.
Know that thou art the Greater Light,
perfect in thine own sphere,
when thou art free.
Look not ever into the blackness.
Lift up thine eyes to the space above.
Free let thine Light flame upward
and shalt thou be a Child of the Light."

http://www.crystalinks.com/emerald11bw.html

...rain this night...

the night sky donned with thunderous rain
the warm summer air cooled and fragrant
libation's grace upon my garden green
feel I the joyful quiver of root and bloom.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Libation's Grace, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Dawning

...haiku reflections...

dawning be the light
creation's alchemic wave
golden day anew.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Dawning, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...summer rain...

leaves laden with the sweetness of rain
the night air wet and warm
the joy of green
the joy of green.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


The Joy of Green, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

rain...rain... here in Tappan, New York

clouds darken the morning sky
rain rain from up on high
garden, meadow, farm and field
with blessings of rain they to yield
wet and wondrous be its sounding grace
upon branch, bough, leaf, its blessings place.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Image Credit: http://thundafunda.com

New York City Be The Town

New York City be the town
A Friday fair just before sundown
Buildings built sturdy and high
Hold to the light cast from the sky
The warming sun soon to set
Brilliant be the light for moments yet
A bit darkened the river waters be
Gentle their flow soon out to sea.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


NYC~Friday Fair, Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...full moon... haiku reflections...

indigo harp song
melody of the full moon
crescendo of light.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Crescendo, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Shadows Cast Gold

night thunder and torrential rain
warming winds do blow
the morning light now to rise
above the darkened clouds
shadows cast gold
alchemic grace I to behold.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Shadows Cast Gold, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011, http://www.apogeeart.com/

...this day's story...

night rains and so flowing waters be
upon gardens, fields and to the sea
earth and roots to the dawning light behold
heaven's sweet libation be this day's story told.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Libation, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011

rain... Waters and Fields

the night to reveal
what blessings hold ever real
waters and fields lush and green
here and in distances dark yet seen
nature's palette in abundance greet
where streams, rivers, sea and ocean meet
the welcomed rains and heard is nature's sigh
hallowed libation from heaven's sky
the night to reveal
what blessings hold ever real.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Waters and Fields, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...the hour...

interlude
midnight be the hour
deep be the dark
indigo shadows
call to the morning light.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Midnight, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Gypsy Dance

Gypsy Dance

passion's beckoning call
dance this moment's divinity
the Gypsy knows
the Gypsy knows.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Gypsy Dance, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Oh Kesario Hazari Gul Ro Phool / Lacho Drom

Thank You Sultan... and so shared... "Rajasthani Gypsies of the Thar.. A Desert Culture that thrives in India and Pakistan.. The footage is taken from "Latcho Drom" ~ Tony Gatlif's 103-minute 1993 film Latcho Drom (Safe Journey) is a non-plot based narration of Gypsy musicians, in Rajastan (India/Pakistan), Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France and Spain."

When the labors of life, the celebrations, the desires, the joys, become our music, we dance with each breath... and yes,
we are ONE with this pulsing divinity within.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Dream's Enfold

..enfold... haiku reflections...

slumber's surrender
mystical light and shadow
within dream's enfold.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Dream's Enfold, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau

ALCHEMY...Sun and Earth...

golden light as earth shall be
rays of splendor from sea to sea
dark depths hold to a warming grace
alchemic light within to place
the sun to rise, to set, to rise anew
earth, sun and bounty blessings true
alchemy, the behest of divine spirit free
revelation, eternal light, this earth shall be.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Sun and Earth, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

APOGEE ~ Within Self...

to the setting of quest
to the vision and the goal
to the heights of spirit
to the inspiration within soul
pulsing heart passions aflame
destiny destiny call to your name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Thank You Gary Manzo for believing and knowing
Image, ©Gary Manzo, 2011.