I, as a LOTUS

 

I,  as a LOTUS

earth and the gift of sweet libation 

waters that fill the soils with its elixir of grace 

beheld be the flow of streams, rivers, brooks

pools of mud blessedly receptive, receiving

the gift of water, earth, sun, and PRESENCE

from depths emergent be the rooting, the bud, the bloom

a LOTUS,  from muddy waters arising

so too, I,  from muddy waters,  from tears known 

a  bloom  of beauty, bounty and BEING. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

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A WORD... and the Poet defines... E M E R G E N T...

 … be this the call of BEING to …

the Eternal 

    the Momentum

        the Evolutionary 

            the Revelation 

                the Grace

                    the Exchange

                        the Nurturance

                            the Truth

 … within self, within our very birth of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Personal Empowerment Specialist

APOGEE Paradigm™

SPROUTING...

A sprouting green upon a counter be it shown

The grace of growth, the emergent seed be known

The ambient air, light and sun call to seed and root divine

Delight of green, blessed be sprouting, sprouting made mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

APOGEE Poet

Simply KNOW...

Simply KNOW...

Know you are emergent and eternal

Ever to be responsive to change and challenge

Know there is within and without an unconditional love

This be the warmth of the sun

The light of the moon

The sparkle of the stars

The rains in libation sweet

The tides that ebb and flow

Know that LOVE is its own alchemy 

Ever giving rise to a golden dawn 

Live as SELF, as ONE

With the accord

The understanding 

The reverence for life

Emergent and eternal...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Founder/Director

APOGEE Paradigm™

Emergent

Emergent be these thoughts
This wellspring of mind
Expansive treasures of perception
Dark, fertile, alchemic
And thus
The golden light illumes.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Hard Edge Painting, Acrylic on canvas, 2009, Gary Manzo.