WHO AM I

WHO AM I ...by what lens are you seen... by what impressions are you made known... by what echoes are you heard... by what light that is obscured... by what shadows that are cast...

if you see me in the shadows of others

if your vision is obscured by the perception of another

if you listen to my words and hear only the echoes of another's judgment

I am then but another's story cast in illusion

I am then but distortions made real

Unveil the masked lies... let truth be its own voice

Yes, it is a choice, it is a choice.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Personal Empowerment Specialist™

APOGEE Paradigm™

APOGEE Poet™

Ever to Fly FREE

 

USA FLAG DAY ~ June 14, 2021 ~ Ever to FLY FREE ~

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."

As a grade school student in New York City I played the role of Betsy Ross in a school play honoring the Flag of the United States of America and the meaning of Freedom. Yes, stitch by stitch I sewed white stars on the deep blue background. When then I would look to the sky and see the brilliant light of stars, I smiled knowing we were meant to be free, to shine anew. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi
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..simply clippings... to root anew

 

clippings of green

held they in blessed water

to root anew

thoughts of light 

held they within heart 

to root anew

quest and visions

held they by soul

to root anew.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Photo: ROOTS, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Taking Root

Clippings taking root

as too

thought begets intention 

intention begets fulfillment 

may it be ever known 

as the light of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

APOGEE Poet

Photo: Taking Root, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

Palette and Word - Rose Marie Raccioppi

A Sunday Offering ~ Palette and Word

A presentation to view anew

In response to:

"Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation." ~Paul Gauguin

Petals of golden light

Be this a bloom of Light... petals call to the miracle of the SUN... 

seeds ever to harvest bloom anew...

Sunflower

Petals of golden light I to perceive

This the majesty of the CREATOR to conceive

What thoughts of love and grace has HE

To bring beauty's array, this flower to be

Seeds of light the center does hold

Within, another flower yet to unfold

Gifts upon our Earth, blooms ever sublime

And touched we are by this endowment divine

THE MASTER GARDENER in loving grace does sow

A behest in celebration of the sun's light and glow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Sunflower, Google Search

This Poet's Word

 

Upon viewing anew, "Dead Poets Society." 

In loving gratitude to Robin Williams.

This Poet's Word

These echoes of heart in sensibilities reveal

The TRUTH OF BEING bar conceal

Passions pulsing plea to be heard

And so be known this poet's word

Loss and lament a tear filled call

Joy and delight beyond befall

In revelation be known the depths of despair

All astride with blessed love and care

The rising sun and gone be the night

Held I in the embrace of the dawning light

The feel of the showering water sweet upon my skin

A baptism new, absolved I of all false sin

Judgments, reprisals, fallacious be their rein

For the SOUL'S PRESENCE knows not constrain

Confront and resolve the breath calls out

To purpose, to purpose, to purpose, devout.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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