YES, Vincent you knew...

As the leaves move to the call of the winds, as the autumn colors paint the sky... felt is the pulsing of change... this so beautifully expressed by Vincent Van Gogh... Vincent perceived the vibrating energy of light. He captured the quivering, pulsing fields that embraced his vision. All was moving, all was dimension, all was effect. 

Within be the gems of time... the green of emerald, the russet of garnet, the yellow of topaz, the orange of citrine, threads of silver, threads of gold, threads of ebony... holding to the pulsing light ... holding to the pulsing light... Yes, Vincent you knew ...

"And now I think I know what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free. "

And I in turn,

Vincent, yours is a world known to me
And I grasp at this meaning of Be
Light and fields, people and purpose defined
And I in plea proclaim do not confine
Bar restraint and perception veiled
Vincent your gift of knowing has prevailed
With awe and sighs anew your art so perceived
And blessed for the inexplicable conceived.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital with a Reaper, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, September, 1889, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Europe, Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890.

Starry Night

the depths of indigo in vista far
veiled in the light of a brilliant star
feel I the beauty and the wondrous grace
within heart chambers the divine I place
with wondrous delight and rapture sublime
known be this PRESENCE such blessings mine.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889, Words: Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

'Tis Fall We Hail

Glowing amber such luminous array
As time beckons the closing of this day
A season of change within this moment now
Nature keeping its ever present vow
Brilliant gold, vibrant orange, ruby red leaves alight
Chilling winds and a distant whistle call to the night
Sounding crickets sing this season's quest and quail
The crackling rustle of gathered leaves 'tis Fall we hail
Dressed in lavish color each tree soon shall be bare
Barren bough and branch then held in Winter's care.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


The Mulberry Tree, Vincent van Gogh, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy: October, 1889.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

This Breath of Time

... this breath of time...

the sweet feel of the warming sun
the loving touch of the gentle wind
the lilting quiver of grass
the gift of bloom 

alchemic grace

this breath of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent van Gogh, Painting, White Orchard, Oil on Canvas, Arles: April, 1888
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe

The Field of Flowers

the field of flowers
kissed by the morning dew
embraced by the warming sun
touched by the gentle winds
bathed by the grace of rain
held by the knowing earth
sweet scent of peace
sweet scent of peace.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Irises, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890,  Netherlands, painted this at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de- Provence, France in 1889. 

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/

In Haiku Reflection ~ Vincent Van Gogh

In haiku reflection...

this grace of color
pulsing hues of knowing real
amber speaks your heart.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, Vincent van Gogh, 1889.


The 1889 painting was part of the collection of ElizabethTaylor
and sold in London for 10.1 million pounds ($16 million) with fees.
Christie's Images via Bloomberg

...the silence...

the silence now beckons
called I am to the quietude of the night
where beauty reigns supreme
where indigo crowns the crescent moon
where stars on high glimmer
the silence now beckons
called I am to the temple of my soul
where faith reigns supreme
where light minsters to my heart
where spirit soars in PRAISE.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889.

His Gifts Be Known... Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent, yours is a world known to me
As I grasp at this meaning of Be
Light and fields, people and purpose defined
I in plea proclaim do not confine
Bar restraint and perception veiled
Vincent your gift of knowing has prevailed
With awe and sighs anew your art so perceived
And blessed for the inexplicable conceived.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital with a Reaper, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, September, 1889, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Europe,
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890.

Vincent Van Gogh perceived the vibrating energy of light and life itself. He captured the quivering, pulsing fields that embraced his vision. All was moving, all was dimension, all was effect. I experienced the deepest of pleasure in being present with Van Gogh's original works on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Starry Night Over the Rhone

Vincent van Gogh

He knew and was able to see
the wondrous light of stars that be
He felt and was able to convey
with brush what words could not say.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Starry Night Over the Rhone , Oil on canvas, 1888, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890.

Credit: Vincent van Gogh, Wikipedia; Acknowledgement: B. Schaefer (LSU)

Astronomy Picture of the Day
2010 September 21

Explanation: How can the majesty of the night sky best be captured in a painting? This was a continual challenge for Vincent van Gogh, who pioneered stirring depictions of star filled skies into several of his works. Pictured above is van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone, where the French town of Arles is depicted complete with gas lights reflecting off the Rhone river. van Gogh's night sky appears alive with turbulent stellar images contrasting with lofty dark blue hues. Above the river, one can discern the stars of the familiar Big Dipper asterism. Following a line connecting the two Big Dipper stars on the right, the North Star Polaris could be easily found.

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Three Sunflowers

Three sunflowers gifted to me
'Tis the beauty of bloom I do see
Centers of seed and abundance true
God's glory in wondrous full view
Humble and proud they grow and stand
These the gifts of the Creator's hand.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Three Sunflowers in a Vase, Oil on Canvas, Arles: August, 1888, Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890.

Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun

Form and purpose
limits and freedom
seedling and rooting
bloom and fruit
harvest and gratitude
my life in passion known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

In Tribute to
Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890


Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun, 1889, Oil on canvas, Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Deep Sleep and Joyful Awakening

Deep sleep and joyful awakening
So be this day of Spring
Yellow aflame, hues of delicate pink
Brilliant white ablaze
A palette of color to bloom before me
A soft mist and gentle wind
Songbirds, an orchestra of grace
And too, the golden blush of the Willow
The budding green of the Oak, the Dogwood
The feel of dew laden blades of new grass
All sensibilities touched
Deep sleep and joyful awakening
So be this day of Spring.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Banks of the Seine with the Pont de Clichy in the Spring, Oil on Canvas, 1887, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.

Creator's Grace

Budding iris of blue violet tone and hue
Such splendor lovingly captured by you
With hand and heart 'tis beauty abound
And this within each flower painted found
Strokes of color, delicate, bold, in light cast
Be these majestic blooms in strokes ever last
Blossoms and Spring winds each in an embrace
The blessed touch of the Creator's grace
Vincent your gift of devotion here you give
Behold I the glory of those moments lived.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Irises was painted while Vincent van Gogh was living at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.

Irises, 1889, Oil on canvas, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California.

And for your namesake... Vincent You Paint

Tree branches ablaze with almond blossoms of white
Hold they to the joy of Spring in its splendor of light
This blooming array of life new vibrant and so very real
Known be such glory this heart shall not conceal
Delicate and whimsical these blooms of flowers be
Vincent you paint upon canvas and known is Spring's decree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Blossoming Almond Tree, Oil on canvas, Saint-Rémy, February 1890, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

On January 31, 1890, Theo wrote to Vincent of the birth of his son, whom he had named Vincent Willem. Van Gogh, who was extremely close to his younger brother, immediately set about making a painting of his favorite subject: blossoming branches against a blue sky. As a symbol of this new life, Vincent chose an almond tree, which blooms early in southern regions, announcing the coming spring as early as February.

In Splendor Ever Shown

Without any effort on my part
This day shall end and another to start
Without any effort, nothing to be done
Yet the moon shall wax and wane and so shall rise the sun
Without any effort, Spring, Summer, Winter Fall
Trees in constant change, new, growing, majestic, towering tall
Without any effort, the tides shall ebb and flow
From many directions winds to ever blow
Without any effort, these gifts of nature be mine
And I in the embrace of gratitude sublime
Without any effort, all this be in heart known
The love of the Creator in splendor ever shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Green Wheat Field with Cypress, Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh, June 1889. Oil on canvas.
Narodni Gallery, Prague, Czechia




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Yellow Awakening

The yellow awakening is in the air
Bright be this blue morning sky so fair
Warming sun and melting mounds of snow
Upon patches of green grass below
Twigs, broken branches from Winter's storm now past
The peeking bloom of deeply rooted daffodil bulbs everlast
The quiver of yellow this day known
In the budding green of my garden shown
Awaiting yet present be this Spring's grace
And I in enfolded in its awakening embrace.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


A Field of Yellow Flowers, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Painting, Oil on Canvas on Cardboard, Arles, France: April, 1889, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europe

The Good Samaritan

Another's need be it shown
To an awakened heart it be known
A call, a plea, this silent longing be it heard
With loving grace a helping hand
Guided by the WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix), Oil on canvas, Saint-Rémy: May, 1890, Vincent Van Gogh, 1853 -1890.

Luke 10:33
"But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:
and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,"

Van Gogh was staying in an institution for the mentally ill when he painted this work, in May 1890. It is a mirrored copy of Eugène Delacroix' Good Samaritan. In July 1890 Van Gogh took his own life.

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Settled And Cloaked

A gossamer veil of wind, snow and light
Settled and cloaked in crystal strokes of white
So delicate be these touches sparkling and pristine
Winter treasure now ours ever in memory seen.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Snowy Landscape with Arles in the Background, Oil on Canvas, February, 1888, Vincent Willem Van Gogh, 1853-1890.




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Above Wind Swept Fields

Above wind swept fields of crimson and gold
The ascending lark in beauty behold
A soaring ballad trilling sweet
Wind and wings in destiny meet.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Wheat Field with a Lark, 1887, Museum: Rijksmuseum Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Holland, Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890.

It is where he chose to set himself free... Such metaphor in this work of his -
a lone spirit in flight with a loving song, not heard but by his heart alone...


YouTube - Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean
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"I know what you said to me..."
with color, paint and brush ...ever this heart you touch...
with knowing and pain beyond conceal ... beauty there be ever to reveal...


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Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent, yours is a world known to me
And I grasp at this meaning of Be
Light and fields, people and purpose defined
And I in plea proclaim do not confine
Bar restraint and perception veiled
Vincent your gift of knowing has prevailed
With awe and sighs anew your art so perceived
And blessed for the inexplicable conceived.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital with a Reaper, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, September, 1889, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Europe,
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890.

Vincent Van Gogh perceived the vibrating energy of light and life itself. He captured the quivering, pulsing fields that embraced his vision. All was moving, all was dimension, all was effect. I experienced the deepest of pleasure in being present with Van Gogh's original works on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Do visit: Original Art Studio: . . . how you tried to set them free . . .
a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh
http://www.originalartstudio.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-you-tried-to-set-them-free.html

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