Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow ( Lyrics Video )

Words that call to that silent yet resounding quest of SELF onto SELF... YES, "Far from the SHALLOW..." 
to the knowing, 
to the longing,
the longing that beckons "for change."

Longing

the TRUTH of SELF beckons within

the longing for change beyond the din

far, far, from the shallow NOW

to the quest, to the heart held vow

the spirit in its soaring splendor 

to this so willingly we surrender

far far, from the shallow NOW

to the quest, to the heart held vow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow ( Lyrics Video )

Longing

the TRUTH of SELF beckons within

the longing for change beyond the din

far, far, from the shallow NOW

to the quest, to the heart held vow

the spirit in its soaring splendor 

to this so willingly we surrender

far far, from the shallow NOW

to the quest, to the heart held vow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Fire The Rose

 The Fire The Rose

The fire of passion, bud, bloom and thorn they be

So too, the cresting ecstasy of ocean and sea

A rapture of being and enchantment divine

Upon this soul, ever yours, ever mine

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold

Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold

Bloom in rapture and radiant red array

The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

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Image Credit:  The Flame, Cecilia Boudreaux.

Alchemy

Cauldron of my mind
Tenor of this longing lore
Beseech alchemy.

This moment of change
The sorcerer's elixir
Golden light of now.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


Alchemy, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com


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Longing

Does that longing set at the start
At that moment the cut given to part
Held in a mother’s womb you be
Then with birth newly free
From lifetimes of pleasure and pain
Life now a newly set game
Yet the need for care and protection to grow
Discount and dismiss what you deeply know
And then I am as others perceive me to be
Lost I somewhere in the shadow of me
The soul sings freedom a welcomed refrain
Then gone the shadow then gone the pain
The longing that had its start
In this moment does depart
And I in freedom and light cease to be
Somewhere lost in the shadow of me
Guided by TRUTH and God's loving care
Stand I free of longing and despair.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Mother and Child, Oil on Canvas, 1865, Lord Frederick Leighton, 1830-1896


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What Is In The Mirror

What is in the mirror now before me
What is it that others do see
Is the sadness in my soul veiled by a smile
Is the longing in my heart known all the while
Is it the truth of all my years
Is it the telling of time and shed tears
Is it the pain and loss that is shown
Oh, let it be the glory, the splendor, of a love once known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Mirror, Oil on Canvas, Thomas Francis Dicksee, British, 1819-1895.


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Reverie

Reverie
So hankers this heart
So sounds this soul
Quiet be
These prods of passion
This moment
The music
Held
Within the violin
The lament
The longing,
Resounding
Resonant
Yet silent.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Veronica Veronese, 1872, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British, 1828 - 1882.


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Red Array

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold
Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold
Bloom in rapture and radiant red array
The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Rose, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009

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Passion

Passion
the pulsing
adventure
of soul of spirit
inspired by
omnipresent need
Passion
the very flame
that lights
the creative longing
the quest for purpose
the reach for knowing
Passion
the wakeful night
that looks to the stars
the moon
the rising sun
the promise of the new day
Passion
the touch of the sublime
the silent yearning
the one known
the beauty perceived
the moment present
Passion
what I dream
what I vision
what I feel as ME
what I know as SELF
what it is to BE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Flower, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009


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At the Start

Does that longing set at the start
At that moment the cut given to part
Held in a mother’s womb you be
Then with birth newly free
From lifetimes of pleasure and pain
Life now a newly set game
Yet the need for care and protection to grow
Discount and dismiss what you deeply know
And then I am as others perceive me to be
Lost I somewhere in the shadow of me
The soul sings freedom a welcomed refrain
Then gone the shadow then gone the pain
The longing that had its start
In this moment does depart
And I in freedom and light cease to be
Somewhere lost in the shadow of me
Guided by TRUTH and God's loving care
Stand I free of longing and despair.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Mother Combing Her Child's Hair, c.1901, Mary Cassatt, The Brooklyn Museum, USA

Passion

Passion
the pulsing
adventure
of soul of spirit
inspired by
omnipresent need
Passion
the very flame
that lights
the creative longing
the quest for purpose
the reach for knowing
Passion
the wakeful night
that looks to the stars
the moon
the rising sun
the promise of the new day
Passion
the touch of the sublime
the silent yearning
the one known
the beauty perceived
the moment present
Passion
what I dream
what I vision
what I feel as ME
what I know as SELF
what it is to BE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate


In tribute to

Ioannis Potamousis

on the occasion of the piano performance of
February 21, 2009

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt

South Nyack Recital Series
Soiree Society of the Arts
The Carnegie Room
Nyack, New York


Flower, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2008.