Gather We Must

With right intention and purpose clear
Abiding faith and vanquished fear
Heed the warnings and the plea
Heard in the winds and the sea
Pillage not the earth that gives
To each and all that grows and lives
Gather we must a knowing wise
Step beyond the perpetrated lies
Poisoned profits no longer to bear
Each child's call is for our care
Health and well being priorities set
The challenge of change to be met.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, Mary Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926, oil on canvas, 38 3/8 x 29 3/16 in., Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.19

Our work as ONE

There shall be a rising sun
And known be our work as ONE
We with perspectives in dedication
Life and purpose imbued with Creation
Wisdom gathered from many wise
The art of ALL a treasured prize
Beauty, strength and grace, a body behold
Health, prosperity, and blessings BE the story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

To my three sons
Patrick, Charles and Christopher
In loving faith,
MOM

Asklepios, or Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός, Ασκληπιός) (or in Roman Aesculapius),
god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Artist/Maker Unknown
Asklepios. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BC.
The inscription on the plinth indicates the statuette to be a votive gift.
Credit line From the Vicolo dei Leutari in Rome, 1783
Location Museo Chiaramonti