Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2021

KNOW I...


 KNOW I... 

"Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.”  
~Nikola Tesla

Know I, beyond Fear there is FAITH, beyond Doubt there is DELIVERANCE, beyond Trepidation there is TRUST, beyond Dismay there is DIVINITY…

Man in freedom so born is he
Yet shackled he sets himself to be
Oppression dark upon heart yet be lain
The echoes of emotion still held profane
The mind to silence daunting echoes of time past
And free the self from binding chains cast
Memory called to free mind, heart and soul
Alchemy to ring its welcomed toll.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Paradigm™
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Image: Ugolino and His Sons, ca.1857-1861, Saint-Béat marble 1865-1867, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter, 1827-1875, Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Saturday, January 13, 2018

A Depiction...a Deliverance...




A depiction... a deliverance... YES... ME... 

Reflections, reverie, and the passion of the NOW… 

She to SELF… FREE

Aflame afire free
Wild winds of spirit
Passions unleashed
And so she soars to vistas unknown
Lucid dreams of emergent colors
Cast upon canvas stark
Worlds in rhythmic motion
Poetic dialogues
Sounds lyrical, sweet, thunderous
Pulsing, pulsing, pulsing
Her heart a vibrant chord
Sounding, sounding, sounding
Drums, bells, bowls, vibrating tuning forks
Fill empty spaces with the chorus of soul
Echoes of silence now heard
The taunts of oppression scream free
Derision gives way to deliverance
Deliverance…deliverance…deliverance
The artist, the poet, the visionary
She beckons, she calls
She to SELF…she to SELF
FREE …FREE… FREE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Friday, February 21, 2014

...headlines...newscasts... and then...

emergency e-mail alerts
petitions
uprisings
protests

where have all the smiles gone

contamination

pollution
toxic pesticides
suicides

where have all the smiles gone

overdose
addiction
disease
dismay

where have all the smiles gone

the spirit in triumph
love in its full expression
visions of change
heart, soul, mind in accord

a smile, a smile, newly known

a loving song
a spirited dance
a kind word
a lyrical poem

a smile, a smile, newly known

a rescue
a warm embrace
a helping hand
a listening ear

a smile, a smile, newly known

beyond oppression and dismay
is the blessed path of THE WAY
beyond control and evil greed
is the grace of GOD and love's creed
beyond dark shadows and fear
is the resounding call of TRUTH and forbearance dear
to honor all LIFE and live the glory of our days
revelation in its prevailing call and PRAISE
RISE RISE be it known, be it heard
Revelation ~ Inspiration ~ Spirit ~ Eternal ... within the WORD.



Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


In many a way this be our season of CHANGE.. 
the Call to Heart the Awareness of Need the Gratitude for blessings Eternal.


Image: Google Search

Monday, August 17, 2009

Alchemy


Seized be this spirit in a moment of dark despair

Absent of knowing God's light and ever loving care
Oppression dark upon my heart yet be lain
The shackle of emotion still held profane
This mind to silence the daunting echoes of a time past
And free this heart from binding chains cast
Memory called to free this heart this soul
Alchemy to ring its welcomed toll
I again in a golden light of faith and love
Served by truth and the majesty of heavens above
Clear be the messages of soul now heard
And known be the glory of God's Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Shadows Cast Gold, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2001, www.apogeeart.com

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