W I T H I N they BE...

the thunderous rain upon rooftops

the cresting waves of the sea

the brooks, streams and rivers

known within they be

the warming passion of the sun

the flowers in blooming frivolity

the winds that whisper secrets

known within they be

the earth that holds to will

the mountains that call to me

the plains and valleys in offerings of grace

known within they be

the sunrise, the sunset.

time an ever present decree

the clouds, the storms, the quakes

known within they be

the call, the beckoning, the quest defined

the vision, the light, the promise to see

the past, the present, ever the NOW

known within they be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dreams Enfold, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Our CLAIM ...

Written in the light of the afternoon sun...

Our Claim...

Seekers and doers to life our claim

Visions, dreams, our hearts to name

We look to vistas vast and far

To the telling of a distant star

We hold cards in our hand

Seek we what they reveal, what they command

A rune we choose and be we told

A truth from words ever new, ever old

And in silence our pulsing heart be heard

Know thyself, Know thyself, BE the WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence

Restless dreams
Calling heart
This moment in quest
For LOVE be known
The GLORY of SELF
Echoes of the SOUL
Whispered in the sound of silence.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

In Dedication to Clare

The Quest of Light

The enfold of silence and sweet slumber greet
Where dreams and awakenings ever to meet
The vistas traveled all near all far
To galaxies and a distant star
Spirit in flight across the sky
In the firmament above, above so high
Known be the glory, the quest of light
The pursuit of Spirit through the night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Astronomy Picture of the Day
Andromeda
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090917.html



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The Charm Carver

The Charm Carver of which Madeline tells
I heed his words so very well
Of time and people he does speak
Of dreams and hopes they do seek
He looks deep within each heart
And from there his charm has its start
The magic and mystery of each one's way
A charm he carves to convey
A heart to open, a soul to heal
Love be known and newly real
The Charm Carver's word I to hold
Within 'tis my very story told
A charm he carves and makes it mine
And known is the glory of the sublime.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

"And in the days that followed he filled me with the wonder of his world, and answered questions that rose in me like steam from a simmering pot. And when he had carved his last and rowed back out to sea, my eyes saw then a different world and my soul became filled with new beginnings."

"Gazing In" from The Charm Carver, David Shuch, Integrative Arts Press, 2005.
http://www.thecharmcarver.com/

The Bench by the Sea, Eyre Crowe, English, 1824-1910, Oil, Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1872.