The ROSE

 

The ROSE

Behold the light of a thousand flames

It the pulsing of the HEART

Behold the light of truth and justice

It the SUN that warms and nourishes

Behold the light that waxes and wanes

It the MOON in reflections of a journey

Behold the light of the ever-present spirit

It the brilliance of each STAR

Behold the light of luxuriant petals and piercing thorns

It the passion, the bloom, the knowing of the ROSE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: The ROSE, CAR, Collectible Clicks,

©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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THE CALL

 

each tear the call to PRESENCE divine

the flowing, the release of heart to mind

a calling libation upon my face in tears there be

and I in tidal waves ONE with the sea

turbulent and calm as too, the tide

from moods and tempers I not hide

heed well I the beckoning of soul

the held vision, the quest, the goal

the tears, the grace, of waters within

wash away the dissonance, the din

heed I this heart to be heard

its chambers echo, echo, God's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image:

THOTH ~ The Four Sounding Chambers of the Heart ~ The Alchemic Quest

https://apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/2013/04/thoth-four-sounding-chambers-of-heart.html

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The Blessings of a Son

 

A calling, a destiny, lovingly divine

An endowment of truth of structure, of form, of line

A vision, a knowing from depths of soul and heart

From which you ne'er depart

Beauty in its supernal expression and grace

With hand upon clay you do place

Know I thy will is done 

You in fulfillment my son 

This your day of birth ever new

Behold I the divinity that is YOU.

Happy Birthday Dear Christopher

July 10, 2022

Ever with love,

Mom

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One Onto the Other...

One Onto the Other...

A mother's hand in blessings shown

Londyn's grasp in nurturance known

The majesty of creation and birth devine

Supernal be the grace of breath and time

The reach of Londyn to her mother's hand

Be it of a blessed knowing command

A loving bond of BEING in God's grace

Beheld each be within heart's place.

Grandma Rose Marie Raccioppi

Photo: Granddaughter Paige and Great Granddaughter Londyn  

One Onto the Other.

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Behold the Sacred Geometry in its commune 

the offering of the Mother ~ the receiving of the Child 

Image Credit: Nassim Haramein
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J A N I C E

 

Janice

Moments, days, years, the gift of time

Blessings be known within decades nine 

In celebration, gratitude and love

The grace of light within and above

A loving heart be hers known to all

Animals, their care and protection, a supernal call

Colors of violet, pink and blue, smiles they do bring

As too, the melodies that songbirds joyfully sing

A tree with a mighty branch and bough

With a hug she brings her vow

And within a whisper or a word

There be her love to be heard

When asked how do you feel this day

She is sure to bring a smile your way

For in gratitude and with a prevailing grace

She share's life's blessings from heart's treasured space

Her years of challenge, joy, loss, in wisdom now be true 

Feel the love Dear Janice,  

Happy 90th Birthday 2022.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Flower: Hibiscus

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The Call of a Summer Day... Passions Real...

 

Language provides an echo - it is not the original - words are representations, symbols, utterances, that the inner spirit longs to be known - to self - to others and to the ultimate SELF. As a poet, language echoes my heart's lament, my soul's joy and my spirit's quest to soar, echoes holding to praise and gratitude, a sounding sense of purpose... passions real.

The Call of a Summer Day... Passions Real...

Passion

the pulsing

adventure

of soul of spirit

inspired by

omnipresent need

Passion

the very flame

that lights

the creative longing

the quest for purpose

the reach for knowing

Passion

the wakeful night

that looks to the stars

the moon

the rising sun

the promise of the new day

Passion

the touch of the sublime

the silent yearning

the one known

the beauty perceived

the moment present

Passion

the frivolity of the flower

colors in radiant supernal array

the call to the light of the sun

the roots that reach to the depths

the bloom that prevails

Passion

what I dream

what I vision

what I feel as ME

what I know as SELF

what it is to BE.

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Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Passion Flower: Florgeou

And in reponse this gifted from

Nesreen Kassawa

This from her home garden in San Diego, California

planted with love

Indeed received with love.

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In Celebration ~ Blessed BE ~ July 4, 2022

 

Visionaries ~ Builders ~ this the AMERICAN WAY 

~ Rights ~ Freedom ~ Liberty  ~ 

the call of souls in TRUTH known  

and so shall we rise, rise, rise, anew to the Light.

The airways, the media
Messages of oppression, 
War, devastation, despair
A plea, pay note, be aware
So calls each message
Take action
Be not delayed
By the lure of distraction
Act now for your freedoms
Are at stake
By the decisions others
Are in power to make
V for Vendetta, The Matrix 
So warns
Man need not be forlorn
In faith
With power
Noble light and deed
Let us again take hold
And live
Freedom's creed
The ravages of suppression 
Known and heard
So from the heart of Freedom 
Came each word
Declarations so marked 
To portray
That man free of oppression 
Be the chosen way
In Freedom’s light 
And with Freedom’s call
Dignity of expression 
A right granted all
And if with doubt 
And query new
A forum open 
For a challenged view
Hold these words 
As Freedom’s choice
Let not TRUTH be a silenced voice.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

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