National Poetry Month, April 2022 comes to a close... WORDS words...

And what does a Poet Laureate do when the celebration of National Poetry Month, April 2022 comes to a close... she takes to pen and paper and holds to what she knows...

the sweetness of a Spring rain

the gentleness of a new bloom

the quiver of grass growing anew

the cooling touch of the morning dew

the songbird song that greets the rising sun

the lithe bamboo swaying to the south wind

the lambent blue of the skies above

the blessings of grace and abiding love

the prayers of PEACE within our heart

From which we shall ne'er depart

the scamper of squirrels in trees mighty tall

the feeling that the grace of GOD blesses us all.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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April 26.2022 ~ The 11th Year, 

Honored by Proclamation as Poet Laureate, 

Orangetown, New York, 

WORDS Words penned 2011

In presentation upon designation.

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Honor by Proclamation ~ 11th Year Designation as Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York

Honor by Proclamation 

Pleased to announce that this evening, April 26, 2022, at the Orangetown Town Board Meeting, a Proclamation will be issued in honor of my 11th year designation as Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York. This in acknowledgment of April, National Poetry Month. The poem brought forward for this commemorative event is here shared and will be read by a member of the Town Board . 

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April to celebrate poetry and its place in American culture.

Celebrate National Poem In Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 29, 2022 The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends, post, e-mail, voice mail, enjoy! You are invited to APOGEE Poet, my public poetry blog, peruse, https://apogeepoet.blogspot.com select a favored poem, copy/print, pocket, post and share!

~ and here a video presentation ~

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1035626500686741&extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing

Dear Residents - 

In honor of April being 2022 National Poetry Month, 

I leave you with the Orangetown Poet Laureate's words:

With Poet's Pen

With poet's pen this quest to write

Of the eternal now be shadow or light

The dark bears not demise

For the Sun in glory does rise

Within the depths of night, stars in brilliant array

In PRESENCE we greet the dawning of a new day 

Let us hold resolve in chambers of our heart 

From which love ever bears its supernal start

Let us see our differences with a vision newly clear

Hold to life's blessings of breath and BEING dear 

We the deciders, the change makers are to claim 

TRUTH, HARMONY, GRACE, PEACE in GOD's name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Teresa M. Kenny

Town Supervisor 

Town of Orangetown

26 Orangeburg Road

Orangeburg, New York 10962

(845) 359-5100 x 2293

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LIGHT OF PRAISE ~ APOGEE Acu-Tone™ ~ GLASSES NO MORE Program

 

The embrace of this Sunday's brilliant SUN, brings me to know myself as a disciple of the light. Such sweetness of the moment, such savor of the hour, breath, by breath, turn by turn, parts, shards bits, pieces, as too, reflections and thoughts, in a six fold journey of sacred geometry, beauty and BEING as ONE.  

LIGHT OF PRAISE ~ click on image for fuller view~

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Acu-Tone™

GLASSES NO MORE Program 

Kalid4242022, Light of Praise, CAR, AM, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Yes, a special magic in each turn that brings forth 

what IS from what was... 

and so felt is the embrace of the moment 

in a configuration 

of blessed sacred geometry.

Earlier posts are available:

Simply place, GLASSES NO MORE 

in the upper left hand corner search bar, of the blog page,

 hit the circle at the end of the contained bar,  

related articles will be brought up for your perusal.

For Understanding the basis of the 

GLASSES NO MORE Program

Here provided is the explanation:

https://discoveryeye.org/optic-nerve-visual-link-brain/

https://apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/2021/09/foundational-studies-for-apogee-acu.html

For Contact and More Information:

Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI

Personal Empowerment Specialist™

Founder/Director

APOGEE Paradigm™

APOGEE Acu-Tone™

All inquiries welcomed ~ All questions answered

Call for an appointment:

TELE~RESTORE™ SESSIONS Available

Rockland County, New York : 845-359-9056

1-866-Acu-Tone

You are welcomed to FB message 

e-mail: RMR8@verizon.net

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In honor of April being 2022 National Poetry Month

 

April 22, 2022

Dear Residents -    In honor of April being 2022 National Poetry Month, I leave you with the Orangetown Poet Laureate's words:   With Poet's Pen   With poet's pen this quest to write Of the eternal now be shadow or light The dark bears not demise For the Sun in glory does rise Within the depths of night, stars in brilliant array In PRESENCE we greet the dawning of a new day  Let us hold resolve in chambers of our heart  From which love ever bears its supernal start Let us see our differences with a vision newly clear Hold to life's blessings of breath and BEING dear  We the deciders, the change makers are to claim  TRUTH, HARMONY, GRACE, PEACE in GOD's name.   Rose Marie Raccioppi Poet Laureate Orangetown, New York

Teresa M. Kenny Town Supervisor  Town of Orangetown 26 Orangeburg Road Orangeburg, New York 10962 (845) 359-5100 x 2293

Town of Orangetown

Earth Day... Mother Earth's Pulsing Passion

 

Earth Day... Mother Earth's Pulsing Passion

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Our Earth ~ Our Celebration ~ EARTH DAY ~ Mother Earth's Pulsing Passion...

May our awareness, our discernment, our knowing wise, as a community of people from all parts of this Earth, bring a renewed reverence to Mother Nature and her Divine intelligence.

Let us rise above the corporate greed and impeding control... of those who ravage Mother Earth by pesticides, toxins, poisons, manipulation and GMO domination.

We are more in numbers, more with endowed power, more with right intention, and must appreciate WE ARE THE CHANGE that is to BE!!! WE and Mother Earth deserve no less... all with blessings and love...

Mother Earth ~ Ravage Not

Inspired Spirit and Blessings shall prevail

There is Love beyond travail

That knowing faith within heart

From which a questing peace has its start

A vision beyond the perceived despair

So be our wondrous destiny in God's care

Light and TRUTH be they the resounding plea

Over our lands from sea to sea

Gather our thoughts and a new vision clear

Beyond all illusions beyond all fear.

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 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

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Earth Day... Mother Earth's Pulsing Passion

Caverns of the Mind, Watercolor,

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

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... and indeed it be so... EARTH DAY BLESSINGS ... 

be this Bounty, Love, Exchange, Spirit, Splendor, 

I AM, Nurturance, Grace, Self, upon this Earth, this day known. 

Let us be ever so newly KIND... 

appreciate what is Known and is yet to be fully understood,

 hold reverent the Intelligence of Mother Nature, 

Nurture it as it nurtures each of us, be one in Deliverance.  

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

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Orangetown MEMORY Project

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Orangetown MEMORY Project

pages of time present and past

seasons of change and memories cast

many a vision portrayed in manifest real

be each artifact in fulfillment reveal

with word and object here to unfold

a story, a time, a quest be told

labors and blessed holdings to bear

loving treasures of the Creator's care

keepsake Bibles hold the divine signature of the tree

the WORD in blessings graced unto thee

the gifts of time, place, heart and soul

be these the delights bar the toll

word, artifacts, personage, in regal presentation

remembrances of BEING in honored celebration

within days and visions of a yesterday

behold we the blessings of come what may

in petitions, charters, and each proclamation 

there be treasured protections and commemorative celebrations

yes, preserving the past never gets old

for within our story be ever told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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Exhibit preview: 

https://www.orangetownmuseum.com/exhibits

Sunset Hour this Easter Day in Tappan

Nearing the Sunset Hour this Easter Day in Tappan, New York

the gift of the setting light in celebration of the RISEN CHRIST

a Supernal Bouquet of jeweled tones, bloom, beauty, 

sacred geometry in PRAISE.

~ A Kaleidoscopic Happening ~ 

the gift in GLORY onto ALL

Behold the blessings of light and love

This our LORD from heavens above

Known be the grace of our day in beauty shown

In PRESENCE our sacred majesty be ever known.

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Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Kalid: 172022_3, CAR, AM, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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Christ Has Risen ~ Let us Rejoice

 

Christ Has Risen...

This Be in loving grace heard

And known was the TRUTH of HIS WORD

Peace, love and healing did HE bring

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, let us sing

With unerring FAITH within our hearts HE to live

And to this our ardent devotion shall we give.

Ever with Blessings,

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Day Dream, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

 

 DAY DREAM…

    in silence words be known, 

        in darkness light be cast

            in submission vision be held 

                time bears no beginning 

                    no end, it just IS ~ a calling 

                             in reverie moments be seized

                                                the Deliverance

                                                    the Revelations 

                                                        the Eternal 

                                                              the Ascension

                                                                the Manifest ...

                                                                        A telling, a beckoning... 

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

 ~  Henry David Thoreau  ~

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Day Dream

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882

• Date: 1880

• Style: Romanticism

• Genre: genre painting

• Media: oil, canvas

• Location: Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, UK

• Dimensions: 92.7 x 157.5 cm

Jane Morris, then married to William Morris, was romantically entangled with Dante Gabriel Rossetti who painted this portrait. The honeysuckle she holds was a symbol of love for the Victorians.  Rossetti wrote in 1880 that "[it] will be beyond question as good a thing as I ever did."

Clouds of Grace

 

Clouds of grace... BE they ...

the flutter of wings of our heavenly angels on high. 

The light of OUR LORD onto all this Blessed Sunday.

Ever with love

to

and as I cast my sight to the lambent sky

feel I the beauty of the supernal clouds up on

high

this day by Nature's plan shall unfold

and I to be led by the Divine WORD this day told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Clouds of Grace, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2022.

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PALM SUNDAY ~ Blessings of our LORD be known

 

ALL in PRAISE...this Blessed Palm Sunday... John:12:13

The Triumphal Entry

12~ The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 ~ They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

This Palm Cross made, and gifted to me 

in devotional PRAISE of JESUS.

Received with love of GOD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Photo: CAR, AM, Collectible Clicks, Palm Sunday 2022.

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... a forever Spring...

 

I look to this day of early SPRING... a freshness after the rains, the green of the grass new, the delight of the Forsythia, whose bright yellow flowers bloom before the leaves. Heard are the song bird songs from those perched on the branches of the yet barren Dogwood tree outside my window. A child of ARIES, ever newly awakened by SPRING.

SPRING reminds us that we are to be ever more diligent in our care of SELF... YES, as I have recently celebrated 84 years of age, I have taken fuller responsibility to assure my health, my vitality, my clarity of mind.. simply living according to the calling needs that the intelligence of body brings into awareness. I entertain a 'POETIC' dialogue with BEING... and so live I, Passion, Omnipresence, Evolution, Truth, I AM, Creation, with each breath, with each exchange... the receiving... the giving. Indeed ... 'a forever Spring.'

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

VISITATION

 

such be a portrait of supernal grace

behold I in soul's place

birds in triune in a visitation sweet

the wondrous of spirit lovingly she to greet

behold I this moment of nurturance divine

within her heart I place mine

caressed by the warmth of God's light she be

beauty in devotional Praise onto Thee. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Title:In the Peristyle

Artist:John William Waterhouse 

(English Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1849-1917)

Art Info.:1874, Oil on canvas, 26 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (67 x 52 cm), 

Rochdale Art Gallery, England

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As I listen with the brilliant light 

of the afternoon Sun 

in a sky of lambent blue,

 casting its light in the window

next to where I am writing this, 

I am beholden to the artistry, 

to the music, 

to the spirit that is SPRING. 

Come listen with me. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwqPJZe8ms&t=76s

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