This Moment

This moment seized
and yet is free

The moment gone
and yet a memory

This moment held
and yet is fleeing

This moment sad
and yet is hopeful

This moment quiet
and yet is screaming

This moment now
and yet is gone.

This moment is
and yet is no more.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


From Series Profile of Time 1977-1984
The Nobility of Time, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Cast Bronze Sculpture, 1977
County Hall on London's South Bank

This Moment Now Past

This moment present its gift to receive
Borne by what you choose to perceive

Harken well this moment now past
Within a memory held, a memory cast

And upon its thought and vision held clear
The moment once gone is again once near.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí, 1931, oil on canvas, 9.4 × 13 in
Museum of Modern Art, New York City