Flame of FAITH

 

"And all shall be well and...All manner of things shall be well...When the tongues of flame are in-folded...Into the crowned knot of fire...And the fire and the rose are one." ~ T.S, Eliot

flame of faith 

no embers does it create

it burns

yet it consumes not.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Flame of Faith, Image, © Rose Marie Raccioppi, APOGEE Vibrational Art, 2012.

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Heart Prayer... an inner flame...the light...

 

pulsing pulsing be this heart

first breath and life bears its earthly start

heart prayer, an inner light, a flame

passion, faith and truth in glory name

this sounding PRESENCE be it in PRAISE

for the treasure of time and blessed days

the knowing, the questioning within embers there be

the glow of GOD's light, blessings aflame from THEE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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B E Y O N D

 

B E Y O N D

ridden with darkness and the wake of pain

the clutches of shadows and the inane

'tis not life that looms, bows and seeks to hide

but the illusions and hurts held deep inside

beyond all hurt, doubt and unabated fear

ever the hand of grace reaching near

beyond devastation and the din of despair

lies the answered call of light and faith's care

hold to a vision noble with unrelenting love

look to the vistas of beauty within and above

the call to truth, love, beauty and grace

be they within the chambers of heart to place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

BEYOND, Image: NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula: Credit & Copyright: Daniel López, IAC http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101112.html

In Response to HONOR ~ In Poet's Hand

In response to HONOR 

A Proclamation bestowed upon 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate, Orangetown, New York.

... and so...

In Poet's Hand

and here this pen in poet's hand

with word and faith in command

a smile, a gesture, the warming sun

a creed, a mission, a task now done

'tis not what I alone to answer nor unfold

the pleas of need be too, your story told

all awakens for the vision yet held

purpose and right intention in glory meld

a thought, a quest, with yearning real

passion and desire beyond conceal

the touch of grace, ever spirit's claim

within heart, the calling of GOD's name

and here this pen in poet's hand

with word and faith in command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

It has been said...

"Throughout the ages, the language of poetry has held a special power to lend us courage, to give us the vision of those who endured and to hazard ourselves boldly in the world we inhabit. The insights and imagery of poetry can take us beyond any small perimeter we have made for ourselves. Once we establish ourselves at this conversational frontier, we find ourselves living amidst revelation, the recipients of visible and invisible help we could not previously recognize."

Institute of Noetic Sciences, "Clear Mind Wild Heart,"

Finding Courage and Clarity through Poetry, David Whyte. 

HOLD SWEET...

HOLD SWEET

a seed planted

a garden watered

beauty and bounty there be

a kind word

a willing embrace

beauty and bounty there be

a day in honor, in celebration

a calling to heart

beauty and bounty there be

a poetic dialogue of faith and vision

a stroke of color upon a canvas

beauty and bounty there be

hold sweet the savor of wisdom

the gift of intent 

a vision of grace

the very breath of BEING

beauty and bounty there be.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown,  New York 

Awakened Faith, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, The Sounding Light Collection. 

Genesis ... deliverance onto thee…

Genesis ... deliverance onto thee...

Words of this day and an expressed pressing need

Thoughts within consciousness planted, as too, a seed

Is it dismay and expression of dread that I am to hear

Within I declare a knowing Faith, beyond the told and untold fear

Sense I do an awakening to Spirit be sought

And to this, a word of understanding to heart be brought

Listen I, and in a telling, a harvest from Creation's grace

Within each challenge be a lesson in life's book of time to place

And so the sense of pain, loss and fear of the calling moment now

Eased by the Spirit reaping the harvest of Faith's loving vow

Genesis, the rising light in blessings BE

Vistas of deliverance unto THEE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: 

Genesis, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

This day, beyond the deluge is the lambent blue of the sky, the warmth of the sun, the song birds song, the quiver of grass new, the gentle budding of spring flowers, the emergent green of leaves upon branch, nature offers its ever present gifts of beauty and grace... Let us in FAITH hold this in heart. Let us take care in reverent regard. Let us hold sacred breath and life... rise, rise shall we above this deluge, rise, rise shall we above this deluge.

Grant not power to these demons of dark...

These words from heart to speak the soul…  

The petitioner's plea is heard, the poet responds...

Grant not power to these demons of dark

Hush hush their haunts erase their mark

Be free of judgments and reprisals cruel

Truth and Spirit of Self in light anew to rule

Addict me not to a false quieting of the pain I feel

Make the liberation from a shadowed self a beauty real

Mask not these agonies of the abiding soul

No longer allow deception to demand a toll

Pay not the price of life relegated to sorrow

Live the promise held within each tomorrow

Depression be not a donned cloak of despair

Hold the Faith yet borne of God's loving care

The gift of life and power of will in your story be told

Hail each breath, the cleansing, 'tis the alchemist's gold.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

And so let us all be open to hear the "words and ideas" ...

that we are yet to reveal to ourselves for the deepest of liberation.

Where splendor, grace and praise do meet

Within the depths of slumber sweet
Where splendor, grace and praise do meet
Within this black embrace of time
Emergent be this SOUL of mine
Known to breath, known to heart
From where power, passion, peace, bear their start
Spirit, Omnipresence Unity, Love, rise in light 
Blessed be the dawning, blessed be the night.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Awakened Faith, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

And in my mother tongue...

Dove splendore, grazia e lode si incontrano 

Entro le profondità del sonno dolce 

Dove splendore, grazia e lode si incontrano 

In questo nero abbraccio di tempo 

Emergere questa mia ANIMA 

Conosciuto per respirare, noto a cuore 

Da dove potere, passione, pace portano il loro inizio 

Spirito, Onnipresenza Unità, Amore, risorgere 

Sia benedetta l'alba, benedetta sia la notte. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poeta laureato 

Orangetown, New York

BE it the libation...

At this afternoon hour in Tappan, New York.....

The light prevails and the rain does come

Be it the libation, the ever present gift of BEING

Be these tears, these drops of rain, the gift of flow

Answering the quest, the thirst of faith and love

Fulfilling the cleansing, the nourishing, the very call

To BE… Birth Eternal in the waters of conception 

In the waters of birth, in the streams of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Port Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: http://www.incrediblesnaps.com/20-most-beautiful-raindrops-pictures

Alchemic Distillation...

A transformation is being called upon... and so in an alchemic distillation … 

F E A R  be then the golden light of ...

                                         Faith
                                         Evolution
                                         Ascension
                                         Revelation ... the glory of BEING... 

                                                                                           in the awakening 
                                                                                                 of unity and love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Awakened Faith, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

The Sounding Light Collection, 

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com.

H A N D S

What be this gift of HANDS… 

divine proportion, beauty, form, structure, purpose, power, passion… 

this to touch, to feel, to create, to give, to receive… to reach… to reach… 

'Tis only what I in heart command
Be known to another as a helping hand
FAITH, GRACE, WILL and the NOW known
Light bearing SELF be ever shown.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Study of hands, Silverpoint and white highlights on pink prepared paper, c. 1474,
Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452 - 1519.

GENESIS... ever the rebirth of the moment now...

Genesis... ever the rebirth of the moment now...

A call, I to receive
What was I presently doing, what to perceive
Words of his day and an expressed pressing need
Thoughts within consciousness planted, as too, a seed
Is it dismay and expression of dread that I am to hear
Within I declare a knowing faith, beyond the told and untold fear
Sense I do an awakening to Spirit be sought
And to this, a word of understanding to heart be brought
Listen I, and in a telling, a harvest from Creation's grace
Within each challenge be a lesson in life's book of time to place
And so the sense of pain, loss and fear of the calling moment now
Eased by the Spirit reaping the harvest of Faith's loving vow
Genesis, the rising light in blessings BE
Vistas of deliverance unto THEE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Genesis, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

,http://www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Golden Crest

...a deep breath...color at play...and so it is...

Golden Crest

God's gifts to be known 
By the bounty of earth shown
God's voice to be heard
In the hearing of HIS WORD
For life given unto me
For flowing waters of the sea
For the feel of your love divine
For this moment in grace mine
Each moment, day and passing year
In gratitude for life evermore dear
A knowing of an inner spirit of calm
God's love shielding me from harm
Gentle be the winds now that blow
Upon my face sun's warming glow

Feel I the golden crest of  grace this day

'Tis the knowing joy of THE WAY

In joyful reverence a moment gifted new

God's love, praise and favor unto you.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Golden Crest, APOGEE Vibrational Art,  ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

WE are ever the CELEBRATION...

WE are ever the CELEBRATION

Beyond the din of the media

Beyond the reported tragedies 

Beyond the loss and lament 

There be the SPIRIT of BEING

There be the BREATH of Life

In CELEBRATION of Faith, Trust, Truth, Beauty, Love 

YES, CELEBRATE... each letter sounding to heed the 

                                        Call 

                                        Eternal 

                                        Love 

                                        Enduring

                                        Beauty

                                        Revelation

                                        Ascension

                                        Truth 

                                        Evermore.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Awakened Faith, APOGEE Vibrational Art,  http://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.
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Abiding LOVE ... heart to heart....

pulsing pulsing be this heart

first breath and life bears its earthly start

heart prayer, an inner light, a flame

passion, faith and truth in glory name

this sounding PRESENCE be it in PRAISE

for the treasure of time and blessed days

a body, a mind, a spirit, a soul

a life in pursuit of purpose, a vision, a goal

alchemic be a thought and a knowing divine

blessed BE this moment of grace, yours and mine

hold to the light of stars in heavens above

live the majesty of PRESENCE and abiding LOVE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Heart Prayer, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.