The pulse of 2024 ~ may it be of power, peace, grace and love...

 

JOY AS ONE... 2024

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, a tomorrow to come

We with the MAKER, our will as JOY as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Image: Janus

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.

NEW TIDINGS 2024

This New Year to unfold

Its gifts in full yet to behold

For this moment in grace known

For the grandeur of nature ever shown

For the snows of Winter soon to blanket all

For the budding of life Spring to call

For the beauty Summer brings to you

For the splendor each Fall in brilliant hue

Signs, markings, the stars, the zodiac to chart

The NOW in Presence, each vision bears its start

The moment, day and passing year

In gratitude for life evermore dear

A knowing of an inner spirit of calm

Love and faith shielding all from harm

Cold be winter's winds now that blow

Upon my face sun's noon warming glow

In joyful reverence this day gifted new

Creation's love, praise and favor on to you

What be the Light that you in heart hold dear

Bring these supernal visions to this, A New Year.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

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AWAKENED...

 

AWAKENED

awakened to the brilliant light of the SUN

to the sweet sound of the song bird song

to the embracing warmth of the morning air

to the gentle wind that dances the leaves

to the pulsing silence that is breath and BEING.

awakened to this day, this moment of time

to the gift of grace and the blessed divine

to all that life beckons to be known

we the perceiver of what is given, what is shown

alchemy ever calling to the quest within

be we one with soul, beyond all false sin

awakened to the reach of hand, heart, that has a knowing wise

to the TRUTH to banish betrayal, deception and lies

to the past, to the present and what is yet to come

to the resolve, to the light, to a shared PEACE as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

AWAKENED: APOGEE Vibrational Art, The Sounding Light Collection,

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012-2022.

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O N E ~ for an artist ~ a poetic dialogue in reflection

Hush the taunts and echoes of voices dark

Move beyond each defined limiting mark

Quell the daunting cries and laments of days long past

You the Creator of a destiny now in beauty cast

A summoning cry, an embracing call, a petition of heart

Line and form your behest of grace shall not depart

The light of soul, of stars, of the moon and the sun

Be they known ever within you as ONE

Embrace the call of hand, pencil, upon surfaces pristine and new

Respect the beckoning call of creation that pulses within you

Touch, mold the clay with hands, fingers that are in God's grace

Heed to the beauty, the truth, that calls from within Soul's place

Supernal be your divinity and gift of creation sacred and wise

Your BEING dauntless and knowing beyond deception and lies

The MUSE has come

Thy will as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Morning SUN ~ through the kaleidoscope

 

through the kaleidoscope focus I

embraced by the grace of the lambent sky

the morning sun I to greet

color, sacred form, light to meet

through the kaleidoscope beauty perceived

flowing interchange in the now conceived

a treasure trove of light, the gift of SUN

as form, flow, and breath become ONE.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

O N E...

 Awakened to the dawning new... to the resounding silence... to

ONE

It is the silence that is heard

The din holds blind the given WORD

It is the heart that seeks and finds

Beyond the trappings of the mind

It is the soul in its knowing care

That soars beyond the darkness of despair

Each season a crescendo of time

Constant be the call to the divine

It is love eternal in its gift of grace

That brings as ONE, all time, all place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Leaf That Glistens

Gems of color in glorious array to behold

Crimson, gold, russet, Autumn’s story told 

Fluttering leaves now blanket the ground

As above, so below, gifts of grace be they found

Alchemic be the magic of each season of grace

Leaves taken by the winds of time hold sacred a place

Golden be the leaf that glistens in the November sun

Blessed be all who behold the message of the ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo Credit: In gratitude to Michael Lawler, 2020.

To add to the delight:

https://treespiritwisdom.com/tree-spirit-wisdom/maple-tree-symbolism

...by the O N E

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 

A silence in this motionless moment of BEING  divine

Such be the savor of the morning light, this the gift of time

This season of winter 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, by the ONE so named.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

S I L E N C E

S I L E N C E

The quiet resounds
The silence speaks, the silence sings
The quietude echoes the breath
The stillness echoes the heart
Embraced by a timelessness
Held by the spirit of ONE
The pause, the meditative moment
ALL IS the PRESENCE
The breath, the breath, the breath
The breath of BEING
The quiet resounds.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Interface, breath and being, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

...and so known... SELF ~ ONE ~ ALL

Presence within the depths of soul

Presence within the chambers of heart

So BE this grace of blessings divine

Within the rapture of each breath mine

This breath of SELF within to call

The ecstasy of ONE of ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52, Marble, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome,
 Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680.

alchemic... Golden Light

golden light of soul be this moment's decree
the silence of PRESENCE pulses within me
beyond all loss, pain, darkness and despair
ever the endowment of CREATION, light and care
to this rapture of faith and love I willingly succumb
to this golden light of  life I, ALL, ONE.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Awakened Faith, Image, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013. 

Echo They THE WAY

the many moods and hues of expression
words to reflect the wondrous gifts of BEING
words to convey a heartfelt plea for change
words of love, peace and beauty abound
words of faith and glory to be found
words of PRAISE for victory there shall be
words of grace, care and fulfilled destiny
be there words words this very day
within our soul echo they THE WAY
words of scripture to deeply behold
words of history of quest be ever told
be there ONE word triumphant and sublime
'tis the WORD the WORD of The Divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent van Gogh. Still Life with Open Bible. April 1885. Oil on canvas. Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The Tao of Kung Fu #2- "All creatures are one with nature."

chinesecalligraphystore.com/ catalog/images/08..

ONE

I am the free flight of the Spring robin
I am the gentle touch of the butterfly
I am the joyful scamper of the squirrel
I am the purposeful task master of the honeybee
I am the light of the firefly
I am the protection of the tigress
I am the roar of the lion
I am the purr of the kitten
I am the knowing grace of life
I am ONE and ALL in Creation.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet

This Season

light needs darkness
joy knows pain
love knows loss
life greets death
what was newly is
cycles, seasons, birth and rebirth
this season of Spring
the play of BEING to come
this season of Spring
bounty and glory as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Landscapes Inspired by Du Fu’s Poetic Sensibilities Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
http://www.artyouknow.com/2010/04/christies-presents-the-most-valuable-chinese-painting-ever-offered-at-auction/

Prods of Passion

prods of passion this alchemic quest
golden light of soul be this moment's decree
within the depths of darkness this breath's ebb and flow
the sounding silence of PRESENCE known within me
to this rapture of faith and love I willingly surrender
beyond all loss, pain, darkness and despair
ever the endowment of CREATION, light and care
to its enfolding embrace I shall succumb
to this golden light of sun and life I, ALL, ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Prods of Passion, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Within This Hour

Haiku Reflection

setting sun of gold
alchemy be this moment
with light One behold.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Golden Sky, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010, http://www.apogeeart.com

The Light of Soul

to an artist

Hush the taunts and echoes of voices dark
Move beyond each defined limiting mark
Quell the daunting cries and laments of days long past
You the Creator of a destiny now in beauty cast
A summoning cry, an embracing call, a petition of heart
Line and form your behest of grace shall not depart
The light of soul, of stars, of the moon and the sun
Be they known ever within you as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Image: Gold Light, Blossom Good Child.

SELF ~ ONE ~ ALL

The mounting quest and fervor real
This heart knows not to conceal
Open to feel, touch and mark desire
Pleading passion, flame and fire
And I to heed passion's plea
In all sensibilities I not flee
This breath of SELF within to call
The ecstasy of ONE of ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52, Marble, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680.

The Cornaro Chapel, in the left transept of the Church of S. Maria della Vittoria in Rome, is the greatest single commission of the Cornaro family outside the field of architecture and one of the most inspired monuments of art history. Cardinal Patriarch Federico Cornaro acquired the chapel rights in January 1647 and commissioned its design and execution by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1647-52.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/spiritual-ecstasy.html

"Spiritual ecstasy is not a feeling or an idea but a shift of perception in which direct contact with spirit is made. Being in ecstasy does not have to express itself through intensity of any kind. The biblical injunction “Be still and know that I am God” is an invitation to ecstasy.

I prefer the spiritual definition because it is inclusive of the physical and the mythical. The most famous example of spiritual ecstasy is probably that of Saint Teresa, who dreamed that an angel came and pierced her heart with a golden arrow. She describes this experience in intensely physical terms, as a burning pain that was almost unendurable until it wondrously transformed itself into equally intense pleasure.

The mythic ingredients of the angel and the arrow are unmistakable once we think back to the god Eros with his quiver and bow. In her ecstasy Teresa felt nothing less than the intimate embrace of God, and the erotic and mythic overtones of her experience make it no less divine. Being supremely spiritual, her ecstasy is able to include every level of interpretation.

What usually makes ecstasy so intense and extreme is not the experience itself but getting to it. The common images of God or an angel coming down from heaven to pierce, shatter, and penetrate the ecstatic one do not have to be taken literally; they serve to remind us that many layers shield us from contact with spirit. To receive the gift of ecstasy is an exquisite experience, as told in a remarkable passage from Greek Orthodox manuscript written a thousand years ago:"

For if we genuinely love Him,
We wake up inside Christ’s body
Where all our body, all over,
Every most hidden part of it,
Is realized in joy as Him,
And He makes us, utterly, real.

Adapted from The Path to Love, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1997).

Our work as ONE

There shall be a rising sun
And known be our work as ONE
We with perspectives in dedication
Life and purpose imbued with Creation
Wisdom gathered from many wise
The art of ALL a treasured prize
Beauty, strength and grace, a body behold
Health, prosperity, and blessings BE the story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

To my three sons
Patrick, Charles and Christopher
In loving faith,
MOM

Asklepios, or Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός, Ασκληπιός) (or in Roman Aesculapius),
god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Artist/Maker Unknown
Asklepios. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BC.
The inscription on the plinth indicates the statuette to be a votive gift.
Credit line From the Vicolo dei Leutari in Rome, 1783
Location Museo Chiaramonti

Our Will 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 threads of thought and vision we partake
A mind with purity of purpose, intent and direction
Is itself life's questing perfection
Shaper we are of each yesterday and a tomorrow to come
We with the MAKER, our will as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Janus
Roman Republican Janus coin, c. 225-212 B.C.
www.vroma.org/.../ janus_vienna.jpg

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.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
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