Through This Passage ~ the path of SOURCE

 

Asked: "How at 84 years of age do you maintain such a youthful and positive outlook on life?"

And I, in response: "I follow the path of SOURCE ... be this the very Spirit, the Oneness, the Union, the Resolve, the Creative, the Eternal... that makes itself known breath by breath, by breath."

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

Through This Passage

a day of skies so bright and fair

the embrace of life in soulful care

gifts of presence and gratitude be known

tenderness of love so graciously shown

a feeling of purpose and destiny defined

an ever opening path within this heart mine

an arch of stone graced by sun's light

behold this day in blessings held in delight

through this passage of time and many a place

our journey of life, love, beauty, truth and grace

PRESENCE, the SOURCE, bequeathed upon our soul

And so the quest, the journey, the calling goal

In reflection, in gratitude, in a supernal joy true

A path, a venture, this each moment gifted anew.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Through This Passage, Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

In loving gratitude to Patrick, Karen and Christopher,
Mom

Indeed a most beautiful day spent in Central Park, New York City 

with my two sons, Patrick and Christopher and beloved Karen. 

Promenading, boating, dining, all shared delight in totality.

~

… it the journey.. the markings of THE WAY...

… it the journey.. the markings of THE WAY...

need it be of pain to be real

need it be of anguish beyond conceal

need it be of loss and tear

need it be of what we fear 

is this the poet’s hailed domain

is there a vista beyond the pain 

and so I a poet called to see

the blessings bestowed upon a you, a me

without effort or labors of my hand

the sun to rise upon Creation’s command

and with the gift of breath be each endowed

by the glory that GOD and life do vow

heed I the love, the truth, the beauty, within this day

be it the journey, the markings of THE WAY.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

J O U R N E Y

At this evening hour... An account, a story read of another’s life that ended all too soon… The story presents the person's own questioning of his life so young, so wanting, to be facing an imminent death due to the ravages of cancer...he, himself a neurosurgeon in residency, questioned what was life itself, its purpose, its pain, its vision, its faith... and so in reflection...

JOURNEY

BE there the impasse 


the intersection 


of words


of biology 


of physics


of philosophy


of behavior


of aspiration 


in an ever present questing journey…

BE I the questions, the exploration, the journey of mind

BE I the daughter, the wife, the mother, the journey of role

BE I the teacher, the therapist, the journey of service

BE I the activist, the advocate, the journey of vision

BE I the poet, the artist, the journey of expression

BE I SELF known, the journey of liberation

BE I AM known, the journey of TRUTH.

BE there the impasse

the intersection

of words

of biology

of physics

of philosophy

of behavior

of aspiration

in an ever present questing journey…

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

From D A R K N E S S ...

The Night calls to the Darkness and the Darkness calls to the Dawning Anew... and this the journey to...

Divinity
Ascension
Revelation
Kindness
Nurturance
Eternity
Spirit
Salvation... the ever present Light and Breath of BEING. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

From the Depths of Night, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi,
www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Folds Of Presence

haiku reflections

journey of Being
within the folds of Presence
claim I light divine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Folds of Presence, Image: ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

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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Gems Of Time

Moments of memory, treasure be mine
The troves, the garlands, the gems of time
A need, a calling within hearts command
A reaching, a touching, a knowing hand
Each hour, each day, each year now past
A journey, a questing, a destiny cast
To the NOW, a self, a being, a soul
Visions, passions, and many a goal
The sound, the paint, the pen, the word
Grace be known, be seen, be heard
With faith anew this hand, this heart
From destiny's path shall not depart.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Frames of Mind, Opus 9, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com
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