This The Moment

the distant darkness
the light of stars
new moon
young moon
full moon
each breath
as the ebb and flow
of tides
and I
to crest
to magical heights
this the moment.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


APOD: 2010 March 26 - Young Moon and Sister Stars
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Jekyll & Hyde - This is the Moment
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This is the moment!
This is the day,
When I send all my doubts and demons
On their way!

Every endeavor,
I have made - ever -
Is coming into play,
Is here and now - today!

This is the moment,
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme!

Give me this moment -
This precious chance -
I'll gather up my past
And make some sense at last!

This is the moment,
When all I've done -
All the dreaming,
Scheming and screaming,
Become one!

This is the day -
See it sparkle and shine,
When all I've lived for
Becomes mine!

For all these years,
I've faced the world alone,
And now the time has come
To prove to them
I've made it on my own!

This is the moment -
My final test -
Destiny beckoned,
I never reckoned,
Second Best!

I won't look down,
I must not fall!
This is the moment,
The sweetest moment of them all!

This is the moment!
Damn all the odds!
This day, or never,
I'll sit forever
With the gods!

When I look back,
I will always recall,
Moment for moment,
This was the moment,
The greatest moment
Of them all!

...this moment ... the eve of birth anew...

Azure

Rivers of my mind
Streams of my heart
Celestial seas of my soul
Cascading, cresting waters
Hues of azure fuse and flow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Blue B, 1959, Oil on canvas, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.

Stand I At Water's Edge

Stand I at water's edge

The warmth of the sun
Your hand upon my brow

The touch of the mist
Your gentle caress

The cresting waves of the ocean
The rapture of your embrace

The shifting sands below my feet
The presence of you that once was

Stand I at water's edge.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



It Was Blue and Green, 1960, Oil on canvas, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887–1986,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Fervent Beauty

Setting sun and ocean winds ablaze
Majestic waves of color and light
Upon the horizon
Upon these dusk waters dark
And I
Held
Within the embrace
Of fervent beauty.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Dusk, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

...and when one's words become newly present...
YouTube - Relaxation Meditation (Sunset Over the Ocean) - Hawaii 2
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And for your namesake... Vincent You Paint

Tree branches ablaze with almond blossoms of white
Hold they to the joy of Spring in its splendor of light
This blooming array of life new vibrant and so very real
Known be such glory this heart shall not conceal
Delicate and whimsical these blooms of flowers be
Vincent you paint upon canvas and known is Spring's decree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Blossoming Almond Tree, Oil on canvas, Saint-Rémy, February 1890, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

On January 31, 1890, Theo wrote to Vincent of the birth of his son, whom he had named Vincent Willem. Van Gogh, who was extremely close to his younger brother, immediately set about making a painting of his favorite subject: blossoming branches against a blue sky. As a symbol of this new life, Vincent chose an almond tree, which blooms early in southern regions, announcing the coming spring as early as February.

Then... and NOW...

You Sing Your Song

Not pained by days past
Not burdened with lessons of history
No fear to soar the sky
No doubt in moment present
Little bird, little bird
You sing your song
And ALL is known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Boy with Bird c. 1616, Peter Paul Rubens, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.

The artistry and music of SPRING ... gifts of eternal beauty known...

Our work as ONE

There shall be a rising sun
And known be our work as ONE
We with perspectives in dedication
Life and purpose imbued with Creation
Wisdom gathered from many wise
The art of ALL a treasured prize
Beauty, strength and grace, a body behold
Health, prosperity, and blessings BE the story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

To my three sons
Patrick, Charles and Christopher
In loving faith,
MOM

Asklepios, or Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός, Ασκληπιός) (or in Roman Aesculapius),
god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Artist/Maker Unknown
Asklepios. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BC.
The inscription on the plinth indicates the statuette to be a votive gift.
Credit line From the Vicolo dei Leutari in Rome, 1783
Location Museo Chiaramonti

In Splendor Ever Shown

Without any effort on my part
This day shall end and another to start
Without any effort, nothing to be done
Yet the moon shall wax and wane and so shall rise the sun
Without any effort, Spring, Summer, Winter Fall
Trees in constant change, new, growing, majestic, towering tall
Without any effort, the tides shall ebb and flow
From many directions winds to ever blow
Without any effort, these gifts of nature be mine
And I in the embrace of gratitude sublime
Without any effort, all this be in heart known
The love of the Creator in splendor ever shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Green Wheat Field with Cypress, Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh, June 1889. Oil on canvas.
Narodni Gallery, Prague, Czechia




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Happy Saint Patrick's Day

The Splendor of Nature's Gifts of Green

St. Patrick's Day in Celebration
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The Green Land, Photo, Martino Balestreri: pixdaus.com/pics/ 1208722819dadKFnW.jpg

APOGEE

APOGEE Haiku

distant vista known
the vision of SELF expressed
this your apogee.

the four directions
as above so too below
all sounding its call.

chambers of the heart
quadrants of pulsing passion
breath of life in quest.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



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The Seven Ancient Principles of Hermes

1. The Principle of Mentalism [MENTALISM] “The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.”

2. The Principle of Correspondence [CORRESPONDENCE] “As Above, so Below; as Below, so Above.”

3. The Principle of Vibration [VIBRATION] “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”

4. The Principle of Polarity [POLARITY] “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”

5. The Principle of Rhythm [RHYTHM] “Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."

6. The Principle of Cause and Effect [CAUSE EFFECT] “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to the Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.”

7. The Principle of Gender [GENDER] “Gender is in everything; Everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.”

Hermeticum.info - Principles: the Emerald Tablet the Kybalion and the Seven Principles of the Universe
http://www.hermeticum.info/principles.html

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

Last night in deep meditation the call to APOGEE was newly heard
and so today's post and reference to Thoth and Hermes
...a reflection of my life's work
the symbolism, the metaphor, the application, the expression...
the art of BEING
much is revealed in the full content of this post.

So Much March

So much March this spirit mine

The calling roar of wild winds
The bite of cold and frost
The gentle calm and warming sun

So much March this spirit mine

The wet driving falling rain
The delicate mist of the new morning
The birth of Spring

The peeking green of daffodils
The promise of bloom yet to be
Winds of ever present change

So much March this spirit mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


LL Orionis: When Cosmic Winds Collide
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI), C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt), NASA
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March Yet Young

In Dedication to
A young student who is everything Spring
Grace Page Boyle

The days of March yet young
A bit of time for Winter's season done
Peeking green through melted snow
Chilling winds of winter this day to blow
A sounding serenade through barren branches heard
And the coveted song of a nesting songbird
The crisp leaves of Fall's season yet found
With broken twigs upon this awaiting ground
Driving rains upon emergent buds of green
Winter giving over to Spring in this moment seen.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Peeking Green, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

A Theme Set - Abundance BE

Ravage not the land nor sea
Heed the echoed cry and plea
Heard in the crashing wave and thunderous sky
In valleys, plains and mountains high
Hold this Earth in reverent care
Protect our gifts of land, water and air
Take not in abuse a mineral or gem
Behold the wonder of each bloom, leaf and stem
Trees to flourish, 'tis bounty's call
The knowing grace of Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Earth, animals, a you, a me
Nurture wise and abundance be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


As POET OF THE YEAR, Orangetown, New York
and Member of The Orangetown Environmental Committee
pleased to announce
the presentation of
Abundance BE
In celebration and in acknowledgment of
National Poetry Month, April 2010
Earth Day and Orangetown Recycling Fair
April 24, 2010
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Tappan Zee High School
Orangeburg, New York


In Recognition
LoHud
Rockland Journal News

Orangetown Town Board report
Public Comment
MAY 2, 2010

Here's a recap of Tuesday's Orangetown Town Board
meeting. Supervisor Paul Whalen and board
members Denis Troy, Tom Diviny, Nancy Low-
Hogan and Michael Maturo were present.

PUBLIC COMMENT

• Rose Marie Raccioppi, Orangetown's poet of the
year and a member of the Environmental Committee,
presented her new poem, "Abundance BE," to
acknowledge National Poetry Month and Earth Day.

Staff writer: Akiko Matsuda

Yellow Awakening

The yellow awakening is in the air
Bright be this blue morning sky so fair
Warming sun and melting mounds of snow
Upon patches of green grass below
Twigs, broken branches from Winter's storm now past
The peeking bloom of deeply rooted daffodil bulbs everlast
The quiver of yellow this day known
In the budding green of my garden shown
Awaiting yet present be this Spring's grace
And I in enfolded in its awakening embrace.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


A Field of Yellow Flowers, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Painting, Oil on Canvas on Cardboard, Arles, France: April, 1889, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europe

Golden Mean

I see within the form and structure of this hand
The calling of the Creator's command
Passion's pursuit be known by thee
In the grace of a shell, a bloom, a branching tree
The golden mean proportion divine
In this hand and in a growing vine
In galaxies, spiraling light and star
This the Creator's beauty at hand and in vistas far.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Image: Red Ice Creations, http://www.redicecreations.com

And Proclaimed

With poet's pen a quest to write
Of the eternal now be shadow or light
With paint, brush, color and motion
In glory be this hour's devotion
'Tis the Muse whose call you heed
And proclaimed is the Creator's creed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger (Plate 42), 1794/ca. 1825
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Relief etchings printed in orange-brown ink, heightened with watercolor and shell gold, with hand-painted decorative borders.

Within You

Within you there be
The light of stars
Wondrous galaxies
The call of the oceans
The cresting waves and tides
The cool ocean breezes
Within you there be
The rippling of brooks and stream
The melody of the songbird
The awakening of Spring
The warmth of the brilliant sun
The splendor of Summer's bloom
Within you there be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Young mother contemplating her sleeping child, Oil on wood, 1875, von Albert Anker, 1831–1910.

Our children and the child within each of us, are to be known for their light, their love and their questing purpose.
We are to unfold, not confine, enhance not demean, embrace, not ignore, the call of each reaching spirit.

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Melting Ice

Melting ice in the warming sun upon yet sparking snow
The bloom of Spring awaits in the covered earth below
Songbirds gather at my window and upon high soar
This season of change to welcome life new evermore.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Melting, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Orion

Ominous shadows and wondrous light
The pulsing array of splendor this night
Luminous Orion of brilliant hue
Majestic seas of celestial blue
This illume within the chambers of heart mine
And breathe I the glory the gift of the divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2010 March 2, M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion
Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa

Flirtations

playful encounter
thought, brush, paint, colors, to dance
spirit's flirtations.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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


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