Moon

chilling calling winds resound
illume be this winter night
brilliant be this moon on high
majestic indigo corona
drifting raven clouds
and I in the seize of its lure.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Haiku ~ Words to Image

beckoning palette
the lure of paint and passion
brush strokes of color.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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


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Implacable Sea

To yonder distant shores
I set to sail
Cresting waves and winds
I to hail
Constant is
The beckoning plea
The lure, the call
Of the implacable sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Ancient Rome, Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus, Oil on canvas 1839, Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775–1851, Tate Gallery, London, UK.

If humankind were to listen deeply to the sea,
to the call of dolphins and whales,
to the ever present wave song
between the moon and the sea,
spirit would prevail
and hearts would join
in peace and understanding.

"Communicating"

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It is in us

It is in us that there are
all the rivers and the seas
all the colors of the rainbow
all the calls of the wind
all the beckoning buds of Spring
all the blooms of Summer
all the splendor of Fall
all the reverie of Winter
It is in us that there are
all the sounds
all the light
all the emotion
all the music
The music, the music
of passion
of quest
of thought
of resolve
The embrace of
heart
hand
The music, the music
the lure be known
rapture in the touch
soul sublime.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Astronomy Picture of the Day, M31: The Andromeda Galaxy, Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler (robgendlerastropics.com)

Lure Divine

Pangs of a ravenous hunger pulse within this heart
Chambers void and barren when from you I depart
Prods of passion to awaken this questing soul
Yield I to the echo, the chime of the calling toll
Ascent these waves of emotion cresting free
From this depth of knowing I shall not flee
Piano, piano each key a seductive lure divine
Touch, and be known this heart, this soul mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


In Dedication to Sandro Russo on the occasion of his performance,
December 16, 2008, Bechstein Salon, NY