Tappan Witch... Happy... Happy...

Yes it is this special day...

Trick or Treat here they come
Today is sure Halloween Fun!!
Knock, knock who goes there
The Tappan Witch with goodies fair
So welcomed you surely are
Be you from here near or there far
And a Halloween treat mighty fine
Awaits you at this door any time 
Soon I will be again flying high
Look for me there up in the sky
Upon my broom I shall be
Give a wave I am sure to see!

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Tappan Witch for the Day

This 5 o'clock hour in Tappan, New York...

The setting sun casting a luminous glow
The light held by leaves in alchemic grace
A stillness
The breath of time
And all IS

Gentle be the wind
Heard is the song bird
The scamper of squirrels
The soft rustle of leaves
And all IS

The hour beckons
A pause
An interlude
Sweet moments of reverie
And all IS.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

... the call to ASCENSION...the MAGENTA RAY...

... the call to A S C E N S I ON...

the abiding Aspiration,

        the known Splendor, 

         the embrace of Creation,

                     the manifest Eternal, 

                              the giving Nurturance,

                                   the soaring Spirit, 

                                                      the I AM ,

                                           the revealed Omnipresence, 

                                                  the soul felt Need...

... this the call to ASCENSION... each letter in defined BEING. 

This the MAGENTA RAY. 

MAGENTA RAY ~ ASCENSION, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014, APOGEE Art.

A D R E A M ... climbing mountains, tending fields, harvesting, riding the river... and a voice proclaims...

A   D R E A M ... climbing mountains, tending fields, harvesting,

 riding the river... and a voice proclaims...

YES, you are a child of the mountains

Of the fields, farms and rivers

Of the sun, moon and stars

You are the voice of the winds

The delight of a budding flower

The flight of the eagle

The delicate soaring of the butterfly

YES, you are all color all light

You are the sound in PRAISE

You are the pen in expression

You are the brush strokes in creation

You A R E ... Aspiration ~ Revelation ~ Eternal.

and then the awakening... the BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Sweet Surrender, APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Dressed in Hues...

Glowing russet and golden array

Reflections upon waters in beauty this day

Jewels of color and the grace of light

Beckoned by the call of season's flight

Dressed in hues lavish, 'tis Fall we hail

Within hearts the gift of time to prevail

As branch and bough hold to the wind

A dance there BE

Leaves of color in rustling sounds

Echo they the silence of the tree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Joe Gartner, J&G Photography, ©2014.

Gems of Grace here in Tappan, New York...

Crimson, russet, and tones of gold
Be the splendor of Autumn gentle and bold
Leaves of color holding to sun's light
They to the wind in willing flight
Gathered upon the ground a treasure to bring
A blanket until the coming of Spring
Barren trees soon to welcome Winter's call
Such gems of grace the gifts of Fall.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Above Earth's Plains...

The night has brought an outer body dream journey... 

upon awakening a deep knowing of breath 

Above Earth's Plains...

Under the shroud of sleep
Timeless moments
Inner realms dispelling limitation 
All pervasive Being
Above Earth's plains
Beyond all mountains
In flight across the heavens
Held not by gravity
Within the burning light
That cannot be contained
The shroud of sleep lifted
And I awakened to time
A vibrant peace
An all sounding silence
Knowing
I shall descent no more
Into the lower realms
Of deceptive thought.
~
all sound silence
all color light
all sensibilities peace
all life breath
all awareness rapture
all knowing truth
all truth beauty.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Director/Founder APOGEE Paradigm™

Above Earth's Plains, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

 

Structure in Sounding Form

INHERENT VOLITION 

James Harvey 

Gallery Exhibit

INHERENT VOLITION

James Garvey

Gallery Piano Concert

Gurdjieff / de Hartmann pieces

Meg Sinclair

Union Arts Center

Sparkill, New York

October 4, 2014

The lightly simple

The dramatic

The etherial

A triune of offering

A reflective journey in sound heard

Hold I its silence and its calling word

A river of memories in a cascading flow

The naming in defined measure

A pulsing, the breath is felt

The heart in resounding accord

Rhythmic in its echoes of BEING

A frivolity, this dance of liberation's quest and quail

It becomes and IS

The melding, the welding of structure in sounding form

Ascending spirit in waves

Welcomed be the light in its moment of revelation

Feel I the depth and the touch of sweet notes

Reverie and the moment gently unveiled

The pause, the silence, the ALL, the ONE

Heart's chambers speak the knowing

The Music The Music.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Twinning of the Ponds ~ October 2, 2014

The Twinning of the Ponds
October 2, 2014

Moons past and across the seas
FAITH anew marks heartfelt decrees
A community joined in celebration
Hallowed be the dedication
To life held in Creation's embrace
Memories within heart ever to place
Reverent BE our deep knowing wise
Never never shall be lived such demise
Each life its own special abiding quest
We the guardians of life's behest
And with love and a giving hand
Be the glory of God's command
Sacred words be they read, be they heard
Resounding FAITH echoes echoes as heart's word

FAITH BE...

our Fearlessness
our Aspiration
the I AM Presence
the Truth
the Heart ...

the Birth
the Eternal ... this granted onto ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Camp Venture Memorial “Pond of the 200,000” behind the LIU/Venture Center building on Route 340 in Sparkill, New York. It’s a memorial to the 200,000 handicapped people Hitler had killed as “Useless Eaters” unworthy of life, and to “Twin” it with the Memorial Ash Pond of Auschwitz, today in dedication.