Straight Talk

 

Asked, "Do poets ever use 'straight talk'?

                                        ... and I in response ...

I choose words that are known by the heart, understood by the soul, bear witness to the wonders of nature, the intelligence of creation, the depth of feelings, the language of the emotions that seek beauty, resolve, and love. How one hears this deliverance, is how open one is to acknowledge that 'straight talk' can simply mean what goes straight to the core of BEING and the call of LIFE.   

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

www.thepoetspen.com

... a forever Spring...

 

I look to this day of early SPRING... a freshness after the rains, the green of the grass new, the delight of the Forsythia, whose bright yellow flowers bloom before the leaves. Heard are the song bird songs from those perched on the branches of the yet barren Dogwood tree outside my window. A child of ARIES, ever newly awakened by SPRING.

SPRING reminds us that we are to be ever more diligent in our care of SELF... YES, as I have recently celebrated 84 years of age, I have taken fuller responsibility to assure my health, my vitality, my clarity of mind.. simply living according to the calling needs that the intelligence of body brings into awareness. I entertain a 'POETIC' dialogue with BEING... and so live I, Passion, Omnipresence, Evolution, Truth, I AM, Creation, with each breath, with each exchange... the receiving... the giving. Indeed ... 'a forever Spring.'

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

... each leaf… "...something of the marvelous."

A leaf that I have had from seasons ago... pressed in a book, in honor of a beautiful Fall outing... its 'veins' reminding me of the life forces within each of us. 

In all things of nature,
there is something of the marvelous.
~ Aristotle

... each leaf…

touches of color brilliant and bold

the glory of a season be it now told

veins of life in majestic flow

the heart of SELF the leaf does know

each leaf holds within its creation divine

the breath of life lovingly sublime

known be this eternal quest and fire

life in all its beauty and expressive desire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dragonfly ~ A Request ~ A Fulfillment …

 

A Request ~ A Fulfillment …

I presented a request to Andrew Weitzer confident of its fulfillment. He is a Nature Photographer Extraordinaire. One can only marvel at his level of mastery. Andrew captures, the essence, the strength. the power, the beauty, the uniqueness, of his subjects, such that they become alive as we view them in their natural abodes. 

These supernal photographs of Dragonflies,  have been gifted to me from one who was my 5th Grade Student, Class of 1963,  Public School 106, Bronx, New York. 

YES, with JOY received.

Love it is,

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Photos: Andrew Weitzer,  2021.

Dragonfly

Dragonfly upon your wings I yet fly

Taken to frog ponds, to vistas on high

Your mystery, abiding wonder, and grace 

Withn the joy of heart found is your place

From time beyond my grasp, your presence known

The majesty of creation your embodiment shown

Many a wisdom tale to be heard

Echoes, Echoes, of the Creator's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

And it is here I choose to pause...

And it is here I choose to pause... 

Held in a moment of reflective grace and beauty 

Touched by the very light of BEING 

It is where thoughts echo the silence

Where earth in its abundance 

Is graced by the warmth of the sun

Where waters flow with the blessings of light 

Where the soul soars in the splendor of it all.

... And so it IS ~ Inspired Spirit ... 

time, place, and beauty 

captured for distant hearts to know.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Thank You Dear Dede Amescua Wheat ... Summer 2020 Oregon.
Dede Amescua Wheat Along the Makenzie River, Blue Pool, Sahalie and Koosah Falls..

When SPRING bears its gift

When SPRING bears its gift, a sweet sigh

Blessings of Creation, rooted, in bloom set free

So too, each life on its destined journey

Through each season of change

Sing in PRAISE and GLORY

For within our hearts, within our souls, a sacred story.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

SPRING bears its gift, photos: CAR, Collectible Clicks, 
©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Alchemy of Light

Behold this chorus of light
Daffodils in bloom golden bright
Embrace they the warming sun
Creation and Beauty be they one
Delicate petals of color ever so bold
This the Word of Spring be it told 
Daffodils at my door in splendor and praise 
The alchemy of light of early Spring days.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Alchemy of Light, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, @Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Of B R E A T H ...

The delight of breath be it known

The seeds of creation be they sown

The power of will the breath makes claim

In grace the silent calling of God’s name 

This in heart’s chambers finds a place

The breath, the presence of divine grace

Behold the innocence of years yet young

In breath, the silent song yet sung.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Google courtesy.

An offering... this from the depths of SELF...

The "No," the "Impossible," the "Doubt," the "Fear," the "Procrastination" ... YES, we are to bring RESISTANCE to transformation. Let each letter call to the alchemic change for our Golden Light Realized... be it...

   

                             Revelation
                             Evolution 
                             Spirit 
                             I AM 
                             Source 
                             Truth 
                             Ascension
                             Nurturance 
                             Creation 
                             Exchange unto SELF.

Welcome the MUSE, the Passion, the Fire, the Intent, the Quest, the Destiny, the Vision, the Knowing, the BEING in expressive joy and glory.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Words in Revelation

APOGEE Paradigm™

YES, Walk the trees...

YES, walk the trees 

the stones

the earth

the fields

the pastures 

the garden

the gifts of CREATION

in humble submission and knowing JOY

be touched by the rains 

the flow of water 

the strength of roots

the grounding spirit 

the sun that warms

the winds that whisper secrets 

the presence of BEING. 

🌀

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

In the Garden

In the garden...

blooms in such winsome array

holding to the light of the dawning day

folds of color in majestic glory

be this, be this, Creation's story

beauty to behold in blooms divine

be this the gift of the NOW of time

in the garden heed I a beckoning call

celebrate, celebrate, the NOW of ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: In the Garden, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2018.

Treasures of Light

adorned I be in gems of light

the diamonds of day, the diamonds of night

the sun in its brilliant hue

the stars in sparkle ever new

the moon in its wax and wane

from which the magical bears its name

glitter, sparkle, gems they be

the rain upon the leaves of the tree

glitter, sparkle, gems they be

snow crystals falling, falling upon me

each season, time, and place

a gem, a gem within heart to place

and from the earth deep, and richly endowed

a gem, a crystal, a mineral, to hold a vow

treasures of light shall ever they be

from CREATION, from CREATION onto Thee.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Majesty of Creation

The branch holds to the grace of time

Be this a sacred union divine

The savor of bud, a drop of rain

Creation’s joy be not tame

The glimmer of light be it known

The majesty of Creation be it shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate 
Orangetown, New York

Photo: Rain Drop Series, FB post, Andrew Weitzer, December 23, 2017.

In the Embrace of the Warming Sun…

The offerings of this day onto thee

Brilliant be the sun on the towering tree

Gems of color in glorious array to behold

Crimson, gold, russet, emerald, amber, Autumn’s story told 

Birds in flight, their sweet song now be heard

Known be Creation’s Love, Creation’s WORD

Fluttering leaves to blanket the ground

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

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

#Autumn #leaves #gems #WORD #Creation #array #offerings #story #ground

"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul." W. Somerset Maugham

"Every production of an artist should be the expression 
of an adventure of his soul." 

W. Somerset Maugham

Is it

Is it brush in hand and thought in heart

From which this painting has its start

Where comes this call I hear as mine

Word, color and form these gifts of time

Is it the Muse that summons the soul

Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal

And when in completion a work is to be

Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie

Is it Truth that anoints each new day

With the knowing path of the spirit's way

Ever present this reach to do and create

Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and Fate

God be known in what I receive and give

This be the decree for each moment I live

Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound

That God and the Muse so freely are found

So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand

It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dance of Light, APOGEE Vibrational Art,

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com©Rose Marie Raccioppi

Held By The Leaves

Majestic be the light held by the leaves

Luminous and radiant, a golden scarlet there be

Held I am, mesmerized by Nature's intensity

Alluring, magnetic be such treasures of Creation

Leaves caressed by the rapture of the abiding light 

Rhapsodies in this divine expression of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Held by the Leaves, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

... the call to ASCENSION...the MAGENTA RAY...

... the call to A S C E N S I ON...

the abiding Aspiration,

        the known Splendor, 

         the embrace of Creation,

                     the manifest Eternal, 

                              the giving Nurturance,

                                   the soaring Spirit, 

                                                      the I AM ,

                                           the revealed Omnipresence, 

                                                  the soul felt Need...

... this the call to ASCENSION... each letter in defined BEING. 

This the MAGENTA RAY. 

MAGENTA RAY ~ ASCENSION, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014, APOGEE Art.