Season of C H A N G E

Season of C H A N G E ~ here in Tappan, New York

see I the beckoning utterances of Fall
the touch of amber upon leaves of the dogwood
the now shorter day, the now longer night
summer rains in libation 
summer winds that dance branch and leaves 
the warmth of the dawning day new
such be the season of change 
heed well the Calling, the Harmonies
the Aspirations, the Nurturance
the Grace, the Eternal
within the presence, within BEING
change, the constant ever in expressive call
the glory, the fire, the breath of BEING, the ALL.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Dogwood, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie, Raccioppi.

A Season of Change... the calling wind...

A season of change... emergent colors... 

leaves taken by the calling wind...and I...🍂

past shallow waters

to the depths of BEING

past pretense and fear

to the depths of TRUTH

past the silence

to the expressive WORD

past reprisals and judgments

to the grace, the knowing, the beauty of SELF

the SELF as Spirit, Evolution, Love, Freedom

this in each breath of BEING

this in each breath of BEING...

A season of change... emergent colors... 

leaves taken by the calling wind.🍂

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

photo: GOOGLE : courtesy posting.

Hour by Hour...

Hour by hour ... the sun, the rain, the storm, the calm, the joy, the pain, the vision, the knowing, the doubting, the dream yet real, ever CHANGE ... be it the resounding call, the ever present quest for...

Creation
     Harmony 
          Ascension 
               Nurturance
                    Grace
                         Evolution ... to serve, to BE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Flame of Breath

Flame of Breath

every experience, every need, every perception

every thought, every longing, every deception

to KNOW THYSELF from each consideration of life

be it of anticipation, of vision, of glory, of strife

a moment, comes to be both the present and the past

every breath of BEING, a seed upon consciousness cast

heed the sounding of change and each calling desire

quell not the flame of breath that feeds passion’s fire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

#flame #breath #BEING #passion

Interlude... at my window...

Interlude…  2:55 PM ~ At My Window in Tappan, New York

Sweet rain sounding 

Gem colored leaves in libation’s grace

Brilliant crimson dogwood at my window

Branch and bough holding to the light of the sun

This the season of fall fulfilling its vow

This the moment, this the moment, NOW...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Photo: Crimson Dogwood, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

And NOW at: 3:38 PM...

The bright sun and clear lambent sky

Glistens the rain touched gems of color

Leaves newly brilliant in the wake of light

Moment majestic in the wake of change

This the season of fall fulfilling its vow

This the moment, this the moment, NOW...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

M I T I G A T E ...

And when a therapist is an artist, and also a poet...

healing, and the artistry of the WORD 
call to heart...

M I T I G A T E… mitigate (mitəˌgāt)

verb

•make less severe, serious, or painful
• lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake)

ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated,’ from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild.’

And what is called upon? What sounding does this word MITIGATE define? I listened to the student. Pain was real. The desire for change was real. How to mitigate was the question. How is one to ease the feelings brought about by trauma? I looked to each letter of the word for its revealed message. And behold, to MITIGATE … to live beyond the lies of oppression, to awaken to one’s own destiny free of the limiting judgment of others… to BE the comfort of SELF… to know anew...

the Majesty

the I AM

the Truth

the Inspiration

the Glory

the Ascension

the Treasures

the Eternal … within each Breath of BEING…

                             

… knowing how to receive, how to let go, how to give onto SELF.

Each word in revelation brought forward experiences, emotions, realizations. At the close of the session, the affirming power of the word, and its defined calling to the listening soul, brought to heart a release, a liberation, a newly embraced ease, and an awakened vision of change.

YES, behold the power of the WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Harp Song of the Wind

harp song of the wind

soul sings its melody of grace

chambers of heart resounding

felt is the pulse of divinity

change and timeless accord

change and timeless accord.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Harp Song of the Wind, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi,

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Its Claim

certainty be an ever present variable of change
what lies ahead has many a term and many a name
what with certainty can one with heart and mind proclaim
be it that the breath present bears life its claim
the heart in its pulsing passion sounds its plea
this breath of life, the gift of time on to thee
savor the ebb and flow of life and spirit within
hear the rhythmic beat beyond the oppressive din
heed well the sounding glory sacred and divine
hold in revered celebration life's gift of pulsing time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Image Credit: ©John Matlock

Branches Yet Bare

...this noon hour in Tappan, New York...

running waters from the melting mounds of snow
ice cycles surrendering to the sun's gentle warmth
the scamper of squirrels upon ground and towering Oak
sun's light behind the drifting clouds on high
song and flight of birds upon branches yet bare
the sigh of winter the beckoning of spring
light and change, this each passing day to bring.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Image: allthingsheartandhome.com

Golden Ray of Alchemy

winds blowing wildly in Tappan, New York and so...
haiku reflection

known be this questing
golden ray of alchemy
time, change and Presence.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Golden Ray of Alchemy, Image: ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Firmament

In Celebration

With love known and joy

And so with gratitude and praise to the beauty of the ever changing
"Firmament"
My very first video in celebration of these gifts...

Rose Marie


To view on You Tube
YouTube - Firmament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6QlIBV1Drg

Featuring original art, poetry by Rose Marie Raccioppi and Claude Debussy, Reverie for Cello performed by Julian Lloyd Webber
and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Judd.
Claude Debussy, Reverie, 1890, French composer, 1862-1918.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy

Calling

The calling of change
ever present be wonders
evolutional.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

This green slug, which is part animal and part plant,
produces its own chlorophyll
and so can carry out photosynthesis,
turning sunlight into energy, scientists have found.
Credit: Nicholas E. Curtis and Ray Martinez
http://www.livescience.com/animals/green-slug-animal-plant-100112.html

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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Winds of Change

The ears deafened by the din of despair
The eyes blinded by the glare of illusion
The heart ravaged by the pain of betrayal
The soul hidden within the shattered self
Waves of destruction crest a sea of confusion
Life’s shores besieged by fear
Spirit summoned in the wake of the storm
Behold its calm resolve
The winds of change can now be heard
The distant shores now seen in the light of the rising sun
Rhythmic this heart with the cadence of the ocean tide
Undaunted now by the resounding ebb and flow
And the constant winds of change.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


A Dark Sky Over Sequoia National Park, Credit: D. Duriscoe, C. Duriscoe, R. Pilewski, & L. Pilewski, U.S. NPS Night Sky Program
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