Waters

waters
silent, still and sounding
cascading rain
the ever present cresting tide
its call to the moon
the soft flowing streams
the rhythmic ripples of lake and pond
pulsing, flowing, cresting
alchemic gift of sun and life
be water's glory and praise
oceans plea be it heard
within resounds
the Creator's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Chichester Canal, circa 1828, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851.

Pursuit

The journey of night
in pursuit of the ever
awakening dawn.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, Oil on canvas, exhibited 1835,
Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775–1851.



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~Robert Frost~
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Thunderous Awakening

In the castle of my mind
In the kingdom of my soul
A thunderous awakening is what I feel
All thought and vision pulsing real
Lightning strikes deep within
Echoing Spirit to deafen the din
A resounding plea in heart be heard
A calling, a calling for TRUTH'S Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Warkworth Castle, Northumberland, Thunder Storm Approaching at Sun-Set, 1799, Watercolor on paper, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK,
Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775–1851.


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Soulful Mind

Strength, direction, harmony
Ever present questing destiny
Healing body, mind, soul
Ever present questing goal
Premonition and knowing wise
Ever present questing prize
Mastery of time and space
Ever present questing grace
One with truth, nature and creation
Ever present questing celebration
Enlightenment and SELF defined
Ever present questing soulful mind.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Regulus, exhibited 1828, reworked and exhibited 1837,
Oil on canvas, Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775–1851,
Tate, London, Turner Bequest, 1856.e, London, Turner Bequest, 1856.
Photograph Credit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Turner here presents the departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus, the Roman general. Regulus was made Consul for the second time about 256 B.C., and with his colleague, Manlius Vulso, commanded in the first war against Carthage. He was made prisoner, and then sent to Rome by the Carthaginians, with an embassy, to make peace. He bound himself by an oath to return if the terms were rejected. Not believing it noble to advise the abandonment of the war, he, regardless of the entreaties of his family, and even of those of the senate and the people, urged its prosecution. This was eventually decided upon. Regulus returned to Carthage and certain death. As one who refused to purchase life by sacrificing his country or breaking his oath, Turner bestowed a commemoration upon Regulus in this painting.

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In This Hour of Sunset

No earrings, bracelets, necklaces or rings need she bear
Yet fully adorned and crowned in God’s loving care
Free of shackles and constraint of body and soul
Within all treasures and a found goal
She honors life in all its glory
Each moment now a complete story
And when she records with pen a line
Awakened and felt is the sublime
Who pray tell is she
She is the I introduced to the me
And in this moment of quiet reflection
She sees all of nature in full perfection
The warmth of the summer setting sun her hand does feel
And what is so distant is now and real
No greater or lesser can this presence be
The I known here, now, in this moment to me
The deep breath of Being in great abound
In this hour of sunset the I has found.

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Sunset 1830-5, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851.

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Past and Present Tides

Moving water, this mighty flow
Billowing sea of celestial light
Many a story be here heard
Echoing from its dark depths
The call of past and present tides
Moving water, this mighty flow.

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Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey, 1829, Oil on canvas, Joseph Mallord William Turner, British, 1775-1851, copyright National Gallery London.


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So Brief

So brief and yet eternal
The sun that rises and sets
The tides that ebb and flow
The sands that shift
The moon that waxes and wanes
The winds across the sea
The life that once was
So brief and yet eternal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Fishermen at Sea, Oil on canvas, Exhibited 1796, Joseph Mallord William Turner, British, 1775-1851, ©Tate, London National Gallery of Art.