Thursday, April 4, 2024

The Weavers Task - HIS will...





from the womb of time, warp and weft
threads torn, tattered, and frayed
woven anew with hands 
that reverently prayed

and so the threads ravaged by time
took on the light of the blessed divine
the light of stars, the moon and the sun
the weavers task in glory, HIS will done.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet
Poet Laureate

image: Courtesy: Google search


Thursday, March 28, 2024

The NOW of Deliverance ~ Caverns of the Mind ...

 



And here in the NOW of Deliverance as promised... Caverns of the MIND... life is breath, a pulse, we all bleed red... a flow... and so we, it, a watercolor painting... a flow, a pulse, a consciousness.
May our awareness, our discernment, our knowing wise, as a community of people from all parts of this Earth, bring a restorative reverence to Mother Nature, her Divine intelligence and Supernal Creation.
Let us rise above the corporate greed and impeding control... of those who ravage Mother Earth by pesticides, toxins, poisons, manipulation of energy patterns.
We are more in numbers, more with endowed power, more with right intention, and are to appreciate WE ARE THE CHANGE that is to BE!!! WE, Humanity, Mother Earth deserve no less... all with blessings and supernal love...


Mother Earth ~ Ravage not its gifts, nor its inhabitants...

Inspired Spirit and Blessings shall prevail
There is a Supernal 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 loving care
Light and TRUTH be they the resounding plea
Over our lands, heart to heart, 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, plants, a you, a me
Nurture wise and abundance be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Painting: Caverns of the Mind, Watercolor,
Rose Marie Raccioppi

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

GRANT NOT POWER ...

To DEMONS that echo their lies, their illusions, 
their taunts, their disquiet. 
The plea is heard, the poet responds...

GRANT NOT POWER TO THESE DEMONS OF DARK...
Grant not power to these demons of dark
Hush hush their haunts erase their mark
Be free of judgments and reprisals cruel
TRUTH and SPIRIT of SELF in light anew to rule
Addict me not to a false quieting of the pain I feel
Make the liberation from a shadowed self a beauty real
MASK not these agonies of the abiding soul
No longer allow deception to demand a toll
Pay not the price of life relegated to sorrow
Live the promise held within each tomorrow
Depression be not a donned cloak of despair
Hold the Faith yet borne of GOD's loving care
The gift of life and power of will in your story be told
Hail each breath, the cleansing, 'tis the alchemist's gold
See behind the MASK beyond the veil
See the denied pain that is yet to prevail
The masquerade and pretense held to conceal
The SELF that TRUTH alone is to reveal
Reveal, I hear this blessed command
Cloak not the quiver of shadow close at hand
Remove pretense and the MASK donned to conceal
The TRUTH, the deep knowing, this knowing real
Confront and resolve, the supernal summons a call
Beyond all consideration, TRUTH to lay bear ALL
To the plea of this petition I to heed
For TRUTH, 'tis ever the rightful creed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Heaven and Earth


 


Images, vistas of Heaven and Earth in majestic array
Lakes, streams. rivers, oceans, wondrous water way
Rising and setting sun, colors emerge and blanketed they be
In the coming of night, held by the open sea
Mountains, plains, valleys, such splendor to behold
Each with a story past, present and yet to be told
Earth in its grandeur gifts of grace and light
So blessed be this day, so blessed be this night.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 


Photograph: Courtesy of http://pixdaus.com


 

LIVE I

 




Live I 

lie I, as my own person
time tempers not the passions
the fire of self in forging flame
the visions held
the missions defined
the quest embraced
imaginings real
line, form, structure
the way of the artist
thought, word, sound
the way of the poet
live I as my own person
the fire of self in forging flame.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

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Monday, February 5, 2024

'Tis the Poet's Tidings ......


 

When designated, Poet of the Year in 2010, and subsequently Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York in 2011, I vowed to dedicate the artistry of the WORD, to PEOPLE… yes, to …
Passion
Evolution
Omnipresence
Peace
Love
Eternity … the NOW of BEING.


The Poet's Tidings

Moments of memory, treasure be mine
The troves, the garlands, the gems of time
Each hour, each day, each year now past
A journey, a questing, a destiny cast
Awaken awaken to the vision yet held
Destiny and purpose in glory meld
The sounding heart with yearning real
Reverie and passion beyond conceal
The Muse calls to sound its claim
Beauty and Truth the poet to name
A blessed grace be it known, be it heard
'Tis the poet's tidings in heartfelt word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, NewYork


Poetry, 1870, Sir Edward: Edward John Poynter, English 1836-1919. Classicist Painter.


Saturday, February 3, 2024

By the ONE so named...


 


Today the sky here in Tappan, New York is of clear blue... such a welcomed light after the spell of an overcast white sky for the last 5 days... .

By the ONE so named  

A stillness, a calm, the air chilled and awakening it be
Trees, branches, and bough, reaching to the light before me
Sky of lambent blue so brilliantly clear, supernal indeed
This celestial gift before me in benediction I to receive
Sweet be the silence in this moment of BEING divine
Such be the savor of the morning light, this the gift of time
This season in PRESENCE to embrace my blessed abode
Each day, each moment, there be a story to be told
The All becomes known in each breath of SELF proclaimed
GLORY, GRACE, LIGHT, AGAPE LOVE,  
by the ONE so named.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Photo: Lambent Sky, APOGEE Poet.

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