I, as a LOTUS

 

I,  as a LOTUS

earth and the gift of sweet libation 

waters that fill the soils with its elixir of grace 

beheld be the flow of streams, rivers, brooks

pools of mud blessedly receptive, receiving

the gift of water, earth, sun, and PRESENCE

from depths emergent be the rooting, the bud, the bloom

a LOTUS,  from muddy waters arising

so too, I,  from muddy waters,  from tears known 

a  bloom  of beauty, bounty and BEING. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

~

THE CALL

 

each tear the call to PRESENCE divine

the flowing, the release of heart to mind

a calling libation upon my face in tears there be

and I in tidal waves ONE with the sea

turbulent and calm as too, the tide

from moods and tempers I not hide

heed well I the beckoning of soul

the held vision, the quest, the goal

the tears, the grace, of waters within

wash away the dissonance, the din

heed I this heart to be heard

its chambers echo, echo, God's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image:

THOTH ~ The Four Sounding Chambers of the Heart ~ The Alchemic Quest

https://apogeeacutone.blogspot.com/2013/04/thoth-four-sounding-chambers-of-heart.html

~

...and so the DELIVERANCE

 

behold the Disciples of Bloom and Beauty 

a meeting in praise of the supernal SUN

roots embraced and nurtured by the fertile soil

rains in sweet sweet libation  

sun in its keeping

and so the deliverance

and so the deliverance.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Behold the Disciples, KK, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi

~

In Hallowed Play

In Hallowed Play 

The rains in abundance the garden received

Nature in its wondrous grace conceived

And the morning with a light rising anew

Brings this gift touched by drops of dew

Such beauty birthed from the waters divine

Such splendor from earth’s gifts of time

Behold the white petals and center of gold

Be this the Creator’s story told

Such joy is felt in a pond  bloom this day

Libation and earth in hallowed play.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Photo: Water Lily ~ Garden Pond, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021. 

The heavens, the earth in libation meet

such be this day of rain

hear I its sounding refrain

upon rooftops and gardens melody sweet

the heavens, the earth in libation meet

the grass yet held green

leaves of bright color upon trees seen

and some a carpet upon the ground

touched by libation's blessed sound.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Primal Power of BEING...

Primal Power of BEING

     All pulsates, all breathes, 

          all in its own special way 

               gives and receives. 

                   A seed, a flower, leaves, a tree, 

                       all that is green, 

                           all that bears color 

                                hold to libation, to the rains, 

                                     to the oceans, seas, streams, 

                                          lakes, brooks, 

                                              to the sacredness of water. 

     All that breathes hold to the presence of air, 

          to the energizing warmth of the sun. 

               All that lives are fed 
                     from the nourishment of the earth. 

     Let us breathe as a seed, 

          knowing the bloom that is to be. 

               Let us bloom as a flower, 

                    in its glory, in its special season. 

     Let us discern, decide, deliver, 

          from the consciousness of care and creation.

              Let us hold sacred our BREATH, 

                  the primal power of BEING. 

     Let us with reverent regard embrace 

         and become one with the intent …

              ever the giving and the receiving, 

                   ever the receiving and the giving… 

                        the beauty, the bloom, the bounty, 

                             the beloved, the blessed…

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

Monday Morning here in Tappan, New York... 'Tis Green .. Nature's Way...

thunderous be the night

sounding rains, flashes of light

gardens in libation sweet

the morning new the sun to greet

grass, leaves of trees, and blooms there be

lush be the green of each towering tree

flowers in colors of brilliant array

be this the glory of Nature's Way.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

"Tis Green, APOGEE Vibrational Art, https://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

Spoils of Spring

Libation ever sweet

The quiver of new grass below my feet

To Riverside Park, Dad and I did go

For the picking wild in sun’s warm glow

The scent of green, budding golden light

Yellow flowers, such an alchemic delight

Gathered many and held in hand with love

Mother Earth thanked as too, God above

Be these to be my very first bouquet

I with Dad gifted to Mom on Mother’s day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, NewYork

Yellow Dandelion Flower, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2019.

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

Saturday Hour in Tappan, New York

Darkened be the sky at this afternoon hour

Grass, bloom, branch and bough

Touched by the rain

'Tis libation's vow

Waters welcomed they be

Felt is the delight of field and tree

The sound of rain a melody sweet

The ALL of above with earth to greet

And when the sun to shine anew

Echoes of green graced on to you.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Echoes of Green, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

ART and Poetic Dialogue by Rose Marie Raccioppi, Poet Laureate, a presentation in support of Arts Education...

Rose Marie Raccioppi, Poet Laureate

Presentation at The Union Arts Center, Sparkill, New York

Blue Rock School Fundraising Gala

May 17, 2014

To the left,  Rose Marie at podium in poetic dialogue. 

To the right,  on the easel, the art work, Dreams Enfold.

Is it

Is it brush in hand and thought in heart

From which this painting has its start

Where comes this call I hear as mine

Word, color and form these gifts of time

Is it the Muse that summons the soul

Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal

And when in completion a work is to be

Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie

Is it Truth that anoints each new day

With the knowing path of the spirit's way

Ever present this reach to do and create

Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and Fate

God be known in what I receive and give

This be the decree for each moment I live

Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound

That God and the Muse so freely are found

So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand

It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau

Dreams Enfold

we gave a cry and all rejoiced for this our birth complete

we are our first steps greeted with open arms

our first word that brought an admiring smile...

trace the years and their memories await anew

a montage, a kaleidoscope, of one's life view

sounds, impressions, of place time and moments sweet

where our dreams and our days come to meet

praise, punishment, joy and pain come to define

a life known as rightly yours, a life lived as mine

and what brings reason to pause this very day

but the wondrous Creation given by Life along its way

a sculpture unveiled and all in AWE and PRAISE

for what each has brought to their ennobled days

and then a painting, a poem, an endearing embrace

upon a time line of memories now they to place

decades of moons have brought mystery and delight

magical be this waxing and waning of Creation's light

and so this heart, this soul, in time's grasp and claim

be held in the spirit and glory of our Creator's name

be it of yesterdays or days yet, and dreams enfold

each new gaze, a breath, a sigh, be this our story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dreams Enfold, APOGEE Vibrational Art,

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

At the Silent Auction three of my works of Art were auctioned, 

and now each enjoy a new abode.

Awakened Faith

Libation

Grace Be Faith

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com