HOLD TO THE GIVINGS

Listen I, to the murmur of the day
The calling, the calling, of THE WAY

Is my love known
Is my love felt
Is the light within seen

Questions in response to this moment in time 
Is there a legacy of spirit held as mine

Are my words held in poetic call 
Heard as a soul calling to the ALL

Life precious, this gift onto you, onto me
Behold I within each breath the grace of THEE

AMEN AMEN be this song of soul
For the blessings of life, pay I willingly the toll

May we each in our own spirited way
Hold to the givings, to the givings, of this day.

AMEN AMEN.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown New York 

May 28, 2020

And when do you know that the artist within you is calling…

And when do you know that the artist within you is calling…

when every color sings its splendor
when every line is a pathway
when every surface is an invitation
when every configuration becomes a work in progress
when holding a brush a kingdom is known
when holding a pen a poem speaks its words
when seeing the light truth within beckons
when what IS entreats Inspired Spirit
when ascension, revelation, truth, summon the soul
when the moment is the embrace of creation
when the vision bids mastery
the calling… the calling… the calling.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
The Way of the Artist
September Morn
www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

...a question... wherein...

wherein lies the yearning
wherein hear I the calling
wherein be the Presence
'tis within the questing soul 
'tis within light's enfold.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Image, A Cloak, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.