The Heart to Sing

The Muse calls to sound its claim

Beauty and Truth the poet to name

A blessed grace be it known, be it heard

'Tis the poet's tidings in heartfelt word

A song of spirit the heart to sing in praise

The delight of sensibilities and passion filled days

Beyond perceptions there BE a knowing real

From where LOVE and HEART have no conceal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Wikimedia Commons, File:CordierColor.jpg.

Quake and Storm

  

what moves us but sensibilities and passion aflame

creation, concepts, art and BEING with heartfelt claim

brilliant be the colors of the sun to rise the sun to set

to mark the vision the glory beyond all regret

anew each breath within blessings divine

to mark our BEING this gift of time

a task, a deed, a celebration sweet

where vigor and joy so lovingly meet

beyond perceptions there BE a knowing real

from where LOVE and PRAISE have no conceal

quake and storm nature's restless heart

from which deep understanding bears its start

blessings be the call of this day

'tis the message of soul to convey.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm, APOGEE Vibrational Art, http://www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

Echo They THE WAY

the many moods and hues of expression
words to reflect the wondrous gifts of BEING
words to convey a heartfelt plea for change
words of love, peace and beauty abound
words of faith and glory to be found
words of PRAISE for victory there shall be
words of grace, care and fulfilled destiny
be there words words this very day
within our soul echo they THE WAY
words of scripture to deeply behold
words of history of quest be ever told
be there ONE word triumphant and sublime
'tis the WORD the WORD of The Divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent van Gogh. Still Life with Open Bible. April 1885. Oil on canvas. Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Labyrinth

For Charan

This labyrinth of mind calls to my SOUL
To reach the SELF, a heartfelt goal
Enter this path to a center place
Hold to this knowing, your WILL to trace
The circle, the spiral, a labyrinth does make
A purposeful path, a journey to take
A circuitous travel to the center DIVINE
Within, without, be this journey mine
Know I of this center, its silent roar
Within, without, my SPIRIT to soar.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Ritratto di gentiluomo, 1512, Rome, Italy, Palazzo Barberini, Bartolomeo Veneto, active 1502 - 1546, Italian painter.
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The earliest known Christian labyrinth is located in a church in Algeria, with the words Sancta Eclesia (holy church) inscribed in its center. As early as A.D. 350, worshipers entering the church would trace the labyrinth with their finger in order to focus their thoughts and open themselves up to the presence of God.

In the Middle Ages, many cathedrals in Europe began to construct larger labyrinths. Christians who could not make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem would instead travel to these cathedrals to walk the labyrinth as a spiritual pilgrimage, symbolizing the journey to the Holy Land. The labyrinth in the floor of the nave at Chartres Cathedral in France is the most well known of the medieval designs.

The labyrinth is composed of eleven circuits and is divided into four quadrants, clearly defined by a cross. The center of the labyrinth is a rose-shaped area for resting, prayer, or meditation. To walk a labyrinth is to provide yourself with a very personal experience. Some people walk with the intention of addressing an issue in their lives, others to pray and meditate. Walk between the lines of the circuit. The center is a place to pause, reflect, and receive insight. Walking the path back out of the labyrinth is a time for deep reflection and to consider its special meaning for you.

I have walked. Each step a loving memory. Each memory a living grace.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
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