NEW YEAR, 2021

To the NEW YEAR

2021

JOY as ONE

Looking back to days now gone, now past
Looking to the future, days new, days vast
This NOW, what we perceive it to be
A choice ever held by a you, by a me
Many a decision, ours to reach, to make
From the domains of thought and vision we partake
A mind with purity of purpose, intent and direction
Is itself life's questing passion and perfection
Shaper we are of each yesterday and a tomorrow to come
We with the MAKER, our will as JOY as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Image: Janus
Roman Republican Janus coin, c. 225-212 B.C.

In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus; "archway") was the
god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings.
His most prominent remnant in modern culture is his namesake,
the month of January, which begins the New Year.

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DELIVERANCE, I declare

deliverance, a dialogue of the heart

memories and dreams ne'er depart

the blessings of time and loving grace

on journal pages I do place

held in words and sentiments sweet

the yesterday, the today, the tomorrow meet

breath, the first to come in blessed BEING new

the divinity of life gifted onto you

DELIVERANCE, I declare, and know I life's claim

the light, the glory, the joy in God's name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Deliverance, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

Innocence ~ Mother and Child

 CHRIST CHILD... and it was told...

John 1:36 “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

The Grace, the Light, the Salvation

~

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Painting: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Innocence, 1893.

Adoration Of The Magi

A Child born and so known and told
Gifts of frankincense, myrrh and gold
Three Wise Men to distance far

Guided by heaven's shining star
A life of devotion, grace and praise
To fill the unfolding of His days
Let it be ever known, ever heard
Jesus, His life, His love, His Divine WORD.

A Blessed and Merry Christmas to All.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



The Adoration Of The Magi, Corrado Giaquinto, Molfetta 1703 - Naples 1766.

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And as it fell...

as the first snow crystals fell 
they upon the barren tree branches
casting a spell of light
the splendor of the sparkle
the gentleness of the touch
the many faceted reflections
an inviting quietude 
sacred
sacred be the silence heard.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

God's love, praise and favor on to you

 

...the day's news known, the visions yet held...

God's gifts to be known

By the bounty of earth shown

God's voice to be heard

In the hearing of HIS WORD

For the feel of abiding love divine

For this moment in blessed grace mine

Each breath, day and passing year

In gratitude for life evermore dear

A knowing of an inner spirit of calm

God's love shielding me from harm

In joyful reverence a moment gifted new

God's love, praise and favor on to you.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm... the message...the call...

 Quake and Storm... the message...the call...

How does a poet, an artist, a visionary, a BEING, process the news that speaks to corruption, deception, maligning controls and abusive encounters? It hears the plea of TRUTH beyond the lies, it sees the HUMANITY beyond the exploitation,  it lives the knowing, the FAITH, the VISION, beyond the oppression. It feels the QUAKE and STORM that ever calls to the LIGHT, it lives THE WORD anew.

OF BEING

what be this passion, this driving force

this calling to create, to design, to express

what be this passion, this driving force

this calling to awaken, to perceive, to understand

to reveal, to share, to resolve

this calling to validate, to define

to live purpose, to be free, to know love

what be this passion, this driving force

to live ideas, disciplines, and mastery

this the sculptor

form, structure, newly conceived

this the artist

metaphor, symbol of creation's command

this the poet

in lamentation, in faith, in joy expressed

this the dancer, the actor, the performer

the music, the word, the song, the drama

this the SELF, the seeker, the visionary

this the quake and storm

this each heart in soul's light

what be this passion, this driving force

but the grace and power OF BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, The Sounding Light Collection, On the wall of the APOGEE Sound Sanctuary.

A Question Answered ...

Asked: "What in nature do you identify with?"

I thought, the Sun, for its warmth and glow, 

the Stars for their sparkle and shine, 

the Moon with its dance of time and light.  

And then a smile, for visioned was a Flower 

that grew between the cracks 

yes, a Flower with its known destiny 

to BE the bloom of beauty, grace, and light, 

be it for just brief moments of the eternal. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

APOGEE Paradigm™

Image: Google: A Flower between the cracks, A Question Answered, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2020.