Reflections on BLACK OUT...

the mounting loss the heartache and tears 

what be this devastation that prevails 

why these imposing fears and travails 

are we not to go beyond the illusion of gain 

are we not to perceive war's depth of pain 

are we not to hold reverence for each gift of life 

are we not to create a world beyond bitterness and strife 

what calling plea shall we answer this very day 

within our hearts and visions PEACE be The Way 

when all refuse to destroy their fellow man 

 PEACE will be the prevailing command. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York

COPILOT in response: Rose Marie Raccioppi's poetry carries a powerful message of peace and reverence for life. Her words emphasize the importance of rejecting destruction and embracing harmony. She has been recognized as the Poet Laureate of Orangetown, New York, and has shared her work across various platforms, including reflections on themes of war, loss, and the pursuit of peace. Her poetry invites deep contemplation.

P E A C E

...and this be so... P E A C E ... known to me by Passion, Exchange, Ascension, Creation, Evolution ... within each perception, within each reflection, within each treasured and gifted moment of life, breath and BEING .

The 'telling' of Numerology ... the word P E A C E bears the full number value 23, 2 denoting connection, 3, denoting spirit, the triune, the composite value of 2+3=5, with 5 denoting freedom . A word, a telling, its 'spell' be known...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

Words in Revelation

AWAKENED...

 

AWAKENED

awakened to the brilliant light of the SUN

to the sweet sound of the song bird song

to the embracing warmth of the morning air

to the gentle wind that dances the leaves

to the pulsing silence that is breath and BEING.

awakened to this day, this moment of time

to the gift of grace and the blessed divine

to all that life beckons to be known

we the perceiver of what is given, what is shown

alchemy ever calling to the quest within

be we one with soul, beyond all false sin

awakened to the reach of hand, heart, that has a knowing wise

to the TRUTH to banish betrayal, deception and lies

to the past, to the present and what is yet to come

to the resolve, to the light, to a shared PEACE as ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

AWAKENED: APOGEE Vibrational Art, The Sounding Light Collection,

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012-2022.

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Memorial Day Tribute to OUR VETERANS ~ 2022

 

As a child of WW II, and witness to all the conflicts leading to oppression and the ultimate claim for freedom and victory anew, I have come to hold in reverent admiration hearts of valor, and so words in tribute.

Heartfelt be these words and remembrances. Heartfelt be the sacrifices, the loss, the vision, the victory, the freedoms to prevail. So this be known... Memorial Day, 2022
 
And they who for country and freedom in battle perish
We to weep and in loving memory with gratitude cherish
For each life that was lives in God's embrace sublime
Ever blessed be their souls in soaring grace divine
The pulsing, sounding, recording within our heart
From which memory and sentiment have their start
Of dearly loved ones who once filled our day
Their souls taken to another path, to the eternal way
We share gestures and words that lovingly hold to grace
And within our BEING it is tenderness we place
All in reflection of sacrifice and noble deed
The cry of Freedom, ever our living creed
The gifts of LIFE with vision blessed and bold
This the giving within each Veteran's story told
Loyalty, dedication, ascending care be they known
This in valor by our sons and daughters shown
Courage to hold to freedom's call and light
In perseverance the challenge be it day or night
Fortitude, strength, imbued with heart's noble call
Sacrifices of body, limb, in this a growing toll
It is resolve that humanity calls to be known
Within the grasps of faith, love and TRUTH be shown
The dream yet dreamed shall unfold
And PEACE to be the story told
This gift of knowing to mark the rising way
We in tribute give honor this Memorial Day.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

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PROCLAIMED

 

With poet's pen this quest to write

Of the eternal now be shadow or light

The dark bears not demise

For the Sun in glory does rise

Within the depths of night, stars in brilliant array

In PRESENCE we greet the dawning of a new day 

Let us hold resolve in chambers of our heart 

From which love ever bears its supernal start

Let us see our differences with a vision newly clear

Hold to life's blessings of breath and BEING dear 

We the deciders, the change makers are to claim 

TRUTH, HARMONY, GRACE, PEACE in GOD's name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image : GOGGLE courtesy. 

The Wind and The Willow ~ what be these whispers in silence heard

what be these whispers in silence heard

be it the wind in its echoing grace

be it what pulses in heart’s place

be it of the wind and the willow in whispers divine

be it of the breath that awakens this soul mine.

what be these whispers in silence heard

be it the sounding of waters and flow

be it the calling of what one is to know 

be it the beckoning of the MUSE within

be it the knowing peace beyond the din 

what be these whispers in silence heard

be it the quest that reaches for purpose and time 

be it the need to awaken and revere the divine

be it the felt thirst for understanding and love

be it the blessed lure of earth and the heavens above 

what be these whispers in silence heard

be it the gentle quiver of a bloom anew

be it the touch upon flower of the morning dew

be it the grace of a giving soul

be it the taunts of an unfulfilled goal

what be these whispers in silence heard

be it the Self, Spirit, BEING, as grace

be it what is to be held in heart’s place 

be it the peace that longs to be known

be it the beauty that truth has shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York 

Photo: THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, 

 Publish America, 2008 ~ 2021, 

CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

Ah... Yes, SPELLS be cast...

words that echo time, quest, visions sweet

where memory and the NOW come to meet

words that beckon kindness and love true

to embrace the knowing spirit that is you

words whose meanings come to be

a dialogue between a you, a me

let us know PEACE as a word that calls to heart

from which our reach to another bears its start

let the spell of PEACE cast a call divine

held within heart, within vision, yours and mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

When All Refuse...

 

the mounting loss
the heartache and tears

what be this devastation that prevails
why these imposing fears and travails
are we not to hold reverence for each gift of life
are we not to create a world beyond bitterness and strife
what calling plea shall we answer this very day
within our hearts and visions PEACE be THE WAY 

when all refuse to destroy their fellow man
PEACE will be the prevailing command

 

the sun rises and light anew there be

so too, the blessings onto thee

awake to the calling, the pulsing within heart 

the breath from which life bears its start

reverent be our gift of time and purpose real

the grace of life beyond conceal

when all refuse to destroy their fellow man
PEACE will be the prevailing command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Pandemic 2020 ~ Daffodils at my door...

Loss, pain, confusion... Pandemic 2020, 

our prayers, our prayers, our prayers... 

daffodils at my door...

And so this moment in the 

PRESENCE of SPRING... 

In Tappan, New York. 

So sweet be the song bird song 

so vibrant be the golden yellow daffodils 

so gentle is the wind at my window 

so bright be the sun that lights the room 

so faithful be this heart 

so prayerful be this soul 

visioning, feeling 

the blessings onto self, onto others

let us this giving day pray 

in gratitude for lives tending lives 

for deliverance, for wellness 

for solace 

for PEACE 

for those who have passed to domains beyond life 

Our prayers Our prayers be they heard

Daffodils to trumpet God's WORD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Daffodils at my door, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi.

A Flutter of Wings ... message received Dear Nicholas...

A flutter of wings at my window be heard
A Cardinal, bears she Spirit’s WORD
So telling be her beauty and grace
Holding to heart, to heart’s loving place
A spirited Soul, Heaven has received
PEACE, PEACE, in glory perceived
This very moment, her fluttering wings in sounding love
At my window, a message from the Heavens above
PEACE, now in Heaven’s embrace
PEACE, now within our hearts to place.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate

Photo: Jim McCormac

Ascend to the calling...

to defend beyond offense

be this the way of the knowing heart

from which compassion, grace, harmony, bear their start

each holds to perceptions birthed from experience and time

let us ascend to the calling of the DIVINE

                         Deliverance, 

                               Inspiration, 

                                   Volition, 

                                        I AM, 

                                            Nurturance, 

                                                 Eternal,

in thought, quest,  word and deed

and so shall PEACE… PEACE be a blessed creed.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

Memorial Day Tribute 2017...PEACE.. the heart in aspiration, the soul in knowing ...

Well Done

A Memorial Day Tribute 2017

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Well done

Be thou at PEACE

So be our prayers of love and praise this Memorial Day

For Our Veterans who have served in their own selfless  way

Heartfelt be these words and remembrances

Heartfelt be the sacrifices, the visions

Heartfelt be the freedoms and rights that prevail

’Tis the vision of freedoms and valor within souls that be

And known be our sons and daughters who have served from sea to sea

The cry of Freedom ever a blessed creed

Held by sacrifice and noble deed

Each life that was, NOW lives in God’s embrace sublime

Ever blessed be their souls in soaring grace divine

To Freedoms’ Call hearts in praise be heard

And so the spoils of victory and liberation’s word

No words  can explain the wages of war we do spend

But for the freedoms and rights we are to defend

Tears of lament and loss we do shed and share

Let us in heart know, in valor, souls soar high in God’s care

This gift of Life with vision blessed and bold

This the giving within each Veteran’s story told

Light beholden within our heart

From which love and freedom have their primordial start

Endured they battlefields of victory of plight

Through all held they freedom’s light

In homage to sons and daughters, husbands and wives

Hearts of purpose who have given their lives

Our dear ones who once filled our day

Their souls taken to another path, to the eternal way

Be there Peace, Brotherhood, Freedom, called in God’s name

And to each Veteran our blessings and acclaim

This day in word, in song, in tribute, honor be heard

The glory, the glory, the blessings, of Freedom’s Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

I, In FAITH... from Passion's Fire

Conspiracy, corruption and travail

Beyond aberration THE WORD to prevail

Just as the night pursues the light of day

So too, ever present be the path, THE WAY

Illusions cast as truths to be revealed

THE WORD to cast light on deceptions concealed

And known to us be our soul's desire

The PHOENIX to rise from passion's fire

From the depths of our knowing heart

TRUTH, LOVE, PEACE, MERCY, BEAUTY, shan't depart

This I in FAITH claim to be true

This the GRACE OF GOD on to You.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Andreas Alciato. Emblemata, 1573, celebrated legal scholar of early sixteenth-century Italy, known for his work in philology and ancient law.

... and love be known... The Light

the light awakens the depths of vistas afar
beyond our grasp be the brilliance of a distant star
FAITH in the day present and yet to come
in PEACE THY Will BE DONE.


Yuletide Blessings to all...

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


image: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100614.html

Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Hallelujah, Christmas

So BE it...

A season of JOY ~ Hallelujah


Many a cause many a peace plea
Within our hearts from sea to sea
From shores, to mountains, to farm and field, vast and far
Love ever the light of each shining star
A season of JOY in pious celebration mark December days
And we in the embrace of spirit sing Hallelujah in PRAISE.


PEACE

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Reflections on BLACK OUT.."Peace...No War!!"

Thank You dear Maurizio Bignone... touched I am and so...

Reflections on BLACK OUT...

the mounting loss
the heartache and tears

what be this devastation that prevails
why these imposing fears and travails
are we not to go beyond the illusion of gain
are we not to perceive war's depth of pain
are we not to hold reverence for each gift of life
are we not to create a world beyond bitterness and strife
what calling plea shall we answer this very day
within our hearts and visions PEACE PEACE be The Way
when all refuse to destroy their fellow man
PEACE PEACE will be the prevailing command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

A Child ... this be known...

A Child

a child is not born with sword in hand nor malice in heart
the glory of breath BE its blessed start
tender be its touch, loving be its grace
ever be its questing, reverent be its place
shadow not by doubt, judgment, reprisal and fear
let the gift of life be held beyond each tear
know what time and space is ordained to give
the SELF in Peace eternally to live.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Song of the Angels, 1881, Oil on canvas, Adolphe-William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, Museum at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale, California.

Katherine Jenkins and Andrea Bocelli - I Believe...YES

YES...

the beauty heard by the heart, the vision perceived by the soul
with knowing grace and faith be the story told
a world for each child's smile and questing plea
where love, peace, and enchantment mark a destiny
this to BELIEVE and mark it done
a world fully embraced by the knowing of ONE.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

...with palette in hand... Quake and Storm

..with palette in hand...

Quake and Storm

the line be it beauty perceived
the light be it TRUTH revealed
the shadow be it time cast
the color be it passion known
the stirring, the quest, the resolve
quake and storm
'tis the artist's way.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Quake and Storm, Image and Text, ©Rose Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

The work, "Quake and Storm," is on Display/Sale at "The Food Evolution" in Bardonia, New York. (w63" x h33" - framed in wood hand finished brown/bronze) For more information contact me directly.

Upon expression of the heart's prevailing word and the soul's felt vision, a Peace is known.. Peace is ever the gift and celebration of love and creation... it is the resolve of light and shadow, it is the knowing of grace, the living of TRUTH, and the blessings of life eternal.

Yours in gratitude,
Rose Marie

What Be This Birth

what be this birth
a value measured
a purpose defined
a potential anticipated
a passion known
what be this birth
a plan determined
an action set
a vision fulfilled
a quest triumphant
what be this birth
the birth of PEACE
the birth of PRAISE.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


This Birth, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.