Sounds, Letters, Words... BEING...

        Sounds and the corresponding letters, 

           letters and the corresponding words, 

             words and the corresponding meanings, 

               meanings and the corresponding thoughts, 

                 thoughts and the corresponding consciousness,

                   consciousness and the corresponding BEING, 

                     these be the fascination of this poet.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Ravel - Bolero. Sergiu Celibidache 1971

One is seduced by the gentle touch of sound ... to a mounting momentum, until one becomes the crescendo completely in rapture. Thank You....

Music calls to me in color, in movement, and in the passions, that pulse our very BEING.

 Hear I the music and the words become expressive echoes
 Hear I the words and the music becomes the dance
 Hold I the pen and the paper bears the poetry of heart
 Hold I the brush and the canvas bears my soul.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

WHAT

and what does a poet do

to make her soul known to you

her words held within time and deed

be this her love and sacred creed

melodies majestic she in silence sings

in honor of what each breath does bring 

a moment to savor be it the NOW

with pen and paper she fulfills a vow

to take reflection and its known call

heed well the Glory, the Presence, the All.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Image: Poetry, in acknowledgment by Blue Mountain.

… it the journey.. the markings of THE WAY...

… it the journey.. the markings of THE WAY...

need it be of pain to be real

need it be of anguish beyond conceal

need it be of loss and tear

need it be of what we fear 

is this the poet’s hailed domain

is there a vista beyond the pain 

and so I a poet called to see

the blessings bestowed upon a you, a me

without effort or labors of my hand

the sun to rise upon Creation’s command

and with the gift of breath be each endowed

by the glory that GOD and life do vow

heed I the love, the truth, the beauty, within this day

be it the journey, the markings of THE WAY.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

... and in turn a word...

The young artist spoke... I listened ... and in turn a word... 

Unbridled be your genius in its expression divine

The knowing, the visioned, the calling of heart and time

The grace of Spirit to hush the discordant claim

Binding shackles be they no more in HIS name

Blessed by the giving, the receiving, heart and hand

Beauty and Truth in Life's command

Unbridled be your genius in its expression divine

The knowing, the visioned, the calling of heart and time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

APOGEE Paradigm™

Sleep Dear Child ... a Mother's Lullaby...

Sleep dear child, this joyous day
Sleep this night, with stars above
Know the light, of God's love
Sleep dear child, you'll find the way
Sleep this night, the day is done
When you wake, you'll greet the sun
Wondrous night, this sky of blue
Brilliant stars, shining new
Rising sun, then night shall be
A new day for our heart's glee
Gone this day, and come the dawn
You will find, a bright new morn.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Sleep Dear Child, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.

Sculpture:

William Henry Rinehart (1825–1874)

Title: Latona and Her Children, Apollo and Diana

Date: 1870; this version, 1874

Medium: Marble

~ click image for larger view ~

And it is here I choose to pause...

And it is here I choose to pause... 

Held in a moment of reflective grace and beauty 

Touched by the very light of BEING 

It is where thoughts echo the silence

Where earth in its abundance 

Is graced by the warmth of the sun

Where waters flow with the blessings of light 

Where the soul soars in the splendor of it all.

... And so it IS ~ Inspired Spirit ... 

time, place, and beauty 

captured for distant hearts to know.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Thank You Dear Dede Amescua Wheat ... Summer 2020 Oregon.
Dede Amescua Wheat Along the Makenzie River, Blue Pool, Sahalie and Koosah Falls..

This a Lullaby...

This a Lullaby, gifted to a Mother, 

onto her new born child she sings... 

BEAUTY ABOUT YOU...

Clouds and sun and frost and dew

All is beauty about you 

Oceans wide the earth so blessed

Land touched by Your caress

Lakes and streams and rivers flow

Rainbow bright and moon glow

Behold the splendor of the Light

Be it day, Be it night.

Lullaby from: The Wind and the Willow, 
Selected Poems of Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

Publish America, Baltimore, 2008.

Painting: Tenderness, Mother and Child, Bruno Di Maio, 1944.

And as the hour presents itself here in Tappan, New York...

Warm and embracing be the ambient air

The sky cloaked in a gossamer veil of white

Majestic strokes of lambent blue 

Brilliant be the light of the calling sun

Shadows of lithe bamboo sway to the casting light

An inviting silence beckons one to listen 

Hear the breath of your BEING

Honor the pulsing of your HEART

Hold to the knowing of your SOUl.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Moment of FREEDOM... and so proclaimed anew July 5, 2020

Moment of FREEDOM

The shedding of shackles and confine

This quest of spirit and mind

The moment of birthing freedom sought

Beyond the illusion suppression has taught

The reach to the God within

To vanquish each false sin

With brush and paint I to proclaim

This Moment of Freedom in Truth's name

Peaks and flames of passion and desire

The light and glory of Spirit's known fire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Moment of FREEDOM, 2002, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

When we live, feel, touch within ourselves the knowing of liberation, so be that Moment of FREEDOM... with all its fervor, with all its fire, with all its passion, with all that IS ~ Inspired Spirit ~ free to rejoice, free of life threatening disease, free of all that oppresses, free from misunderstandings,  free to know God,  free to BE ~ Birth Eternal onto SELF.