In time of call, in time of need

 

In time of call, in time of need

And to another I with heart to give

My WILL of life to love and live

'Tis only what I in heart command

Be known to another as a helping hand

FAITH, GRACE, WILL and the NOW known

Light bearing SELF be ever shown

In time of call, in time of need.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Study of hands, Silverpoint and white highlights on pink prepared paper,

 c. 1474,  Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452 - 1519.

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Passion's Decree

Strokes of color lyrical and bold
With line and form quest be told
Hold to this moment of need and desire
Portray the knowing, the passion, the fire
Hush not the refrain of glory's plea
Paint, brush, color, heed passion's decree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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



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With Paint and Brush

The essence, the sense, the impression
The gratitude, the celebration, the expression
A word, a gesture, a knowing glance
A readiness, a preparation, a positioned stance
To listen, to see, to feel, to be the need
And with paint and brush echo a creed
Cast upon the paper pristine and white
The sounds, the touch, the blessed delight.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Frames of Mind, Opus 5, Watercolor, Conceptual, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

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This painting is one of ten in a series called, Frames of Mind, Opus 1 through 10. Each painting in this series is an orchestration of moods, impressions from nature's glory, feelings, the frames of mind that bring forward our responses to life's offerings, be they calm, chaotic, flowing, bright, dark, clear or shadowed.

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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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Beyond

I hear a voice beyond the words spoken
A voice speaking in the silence between each word read
The voice calls to my heart and the spirit is led
Beyond the walls that house us in the filled room
Beyond all color, line and form, beyond the breath
Beyond all present to a time that fills eternity
To a place vacant of need
To that place of silent being
To that place of silent being.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


Beyond, Rose Marie Raccioppi, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.

Astronomy Picture of the Day, Pete Lawrence, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090430.html

His Love His Need

Barren of purpose and plan
And in anguish the heart of man
Suppress not life and a loving soul
Lest you banish man from his destined goal
Know what you choose to say and do
May with a child hold back a vision new
The child knows and so deeply does care
Hurt shall he feel from that angry stare
Hold not in suppressive submission confined
Leave not shadows and scars upon spirit and mind
With loving respect and a kindly creed
Honor his love his need.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



His Love His Need, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Publish America, 2008.

George Ericson, a.k.a. Eugene Iverd (1893-1936), Young Scientist, 1932, oil on canvas, Collection: Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA

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.