The Knowing

The Knowing 

in the delicate beauty of a flower,
    in the purity of joy in a young child's smile,
        in the rising and setting sun,
            in the radiance of the sun, the moon, the stars,
                in the flowing streams, rivers, and seas,
                    in the ever changing firmament,
                        in the mountains, fields and forests,
                            feel I the pulse, the light, the embrace,
                                the knowing, the exaltation, 

                                    the PRAISE of GOD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Through the Kaleidoscope

Through the Kaleidoscope

bits and pieces

shards of glass and gems

tokens of treasure and time

tiny sea shells

stones and crystals

artifacts of earth, of sea

in reflection’s embrace they be

a kaleidoscopic wonder I to perceive

from light, matter and intention conceived

wondrous be each cycle of change

all in reflection and bearing its claim

each turn of the lens, each breath taken anew

the beauty of sacred geometry gifted onto you

when the eye calls to such sensibilities divine

an exaltation, an exaltation, of body, spirit and mind. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York

Photo: A kaleidoscopic offering, #2, APOGEE Paradigm™, 

CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.