F I R E...

FIRE, be it of the voice

passion, lilting sounds of soul

FIRE, be it of the dance

motion, gestures of grace, of power

FIRE, be it of the arts

line, structure, color, beckoning

FIRE, be it of the poet

words, utterances, form, being

FIRE ~ FIRE ~ FIRE

be it 

                                            the Flame

                                            the I AM

                                            the Revelation 

                                            the Eternal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Astronomy Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151110.html

Raphael

Haiku

soul of the artist
create in eternal quest
line, form and beauty.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Heads and hands of the Apostles, Black chalk, c.1514, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), Italian High Renaissance Painter, 1483-1520.

Quest and Vision

Sounds, gestures, in word and song
The heart to be known does ever long
What words to say, what melody to sing
What is it that wills each word I bring
'Tis this life's purpose to be heard
Quest and vision cast in many a word
Paint, color, line and form expressed
The call of the Muse with brush caressed
Understand SELF, THE WAY, I to define
The Creator's Call within this soul mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses, c. 1640, Simon Vouet, French Baroque Era Painter, 1590-1649.
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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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Beauty

with purpose and quest
line and form in grace prevail
glory in beauty.

Being
Eternal
Aspiration
Unifying
Truth
Yearning.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Seated Male Nude (Study for the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence), 1565-69, Agnolo Bronzino, 1503-1572.
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On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from January 20 through April 18, 2010

The Drawings of Bronzino, the first exhibition ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572),
will bring together nearly all of the 61 known drawings by, or attributed to,
the great Florentine court artist of the Medici.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
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Leonardo

A gentle strength
In line conceived
Presence and beauty
Divinely perceived.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."
Leonardo Da Vinci


Study of a Woman's Head, Silverpoint on greenish prepared paper, 1490, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519.



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Opus 9

The call of color and light

Upon this surface pristine and white
Line, form, visions near and vast
Brush stokes of BEING cast
Pale, brilliant, hues, deep, dark
Surface holding passion, gentle, stark
Opus of tone, cadence sublime
Streams of spirit, Frames of Mind.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Frames of Mind, Opus 9, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2007, http://www.apogeeart.com