Through This Passage ~ the path of SOURCE

 

Asked: "How at 84 years of age do you maintain such a youthful and positive outlook on life?"

And I, in response: "I follow the path of SOURCE ... be this the very Spirit, the Oneness, the Union, the Resolve, the Creative, the Eternal... that makes itself known breath by breath, by breath."

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Paradigm™

Through This Passage

a day of skies so bright and fair

the embrace of life in soulful care

gifts of presence and gratitude be known

tenderness of love so graciously shown

a feeling of purpose and destiny defined

an ever opening path within this heart mine

an arch of stone graced by sun's light

behold this day in blessings held in delight

through this passage of time and many a place

our journey of life, love, beauty, truth and grace

PRESENCE, the SOURCE, bequeathed upon our soul

And so the quest, the journey, the calling goal

In reflection, in gratitude, in a supernal joy true

A path, a venture, this each moment gifted anew.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Through This Passage, Photo, PFR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

In loving gratitude to Patrick, Karen and Christopher,
Mom

Indeed a most beautiful day spent in Central Park, New York City 

with my two sons, Patrick and Christopher and beloved Karen. 

Promenading, boating, dining, all shared delight in totality.

~

The Bounty and Grace... A Sunday offering...

The Bounty and Grace

Breath bestowed, so too
The bounty and grace of GOD
The warmth of the noonday sun
The rains in libation sweet
The ebb and flow of cresting waves
The many moods of a season
The beauty of flower and bloom
The flourishing trees in forests grand
The exchange of love and faith
The blessings in purpose known
The passions to ever prevail
The vision of quest and joy
The receiving, the having, the giving
The golden thread within
The bounty and grace of GOD.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

As the Sun sets this Sunday... Of BEING...

Of BEING

     Sparks of soul have lit aflame

          Fires of passions unbridled

               Visions of light and enchanted being

                    Sounds of savor sing spirit’s call

                        This moment eternal breath abides

                            The quest in the clutches of grace

                                The knowing in the domain of beauty

                                    The blessings in words of divinity

                                        The freedom as destiny in fulfillment

                                             The feel of BEING 

                                                  Of BEING

                                                       Of BEING

                                                             Of BEING.

                                           

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

J O U R N E Y

At this evening hour... An account, a story read of another’s life that ended all too soon… The story presents the person's own questioning of his life so young, so wanting, to be facing an imminent death due to the ravages of cancer...he, himself a neurosurgeon in residency, questioned what was life itself, its purpose, its pain, its vision, its faith... and so in reflection...

JOURNEY

BE there the impasse 


the intersection 


of words


of biology 


of physics


of philosophy


of behavior


of aspiration 


in an ever present questing journey…

BE I the questions, the exploration, the journey of mind

BE I the daughter, the wife, the mother, the journey of role

BE I the teacher, the therapist, the journey of service

BE I the activist, the advocate, the journey of vision

BE I the poet, the artist, the journey of expression

BE I SELF known, the journey of liberation

BE I AM known, the journey of TRUTH.

BE there the impasse

the intersection

of words

of biology

of physics

of philosophy

of behavior

of aspiration

in an ever present questing journey…

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul." W. Somerset Maugham

"Every production of an artist should be the expression 
of an adventure of his soul." 

W. Somerset Maugham

Is it

Is it brush in hand and thought in heart

From which this painting has its start

Where comes this call I hear as mine

Word, color and form these gifts of time

Is it the Muse that summons the soul

Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal

And when in completion a work is to be

Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie

Is it Truth that anoints each new day

With the knowing path of the spirit's way

Ever present this reach to do and create

Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and Fate

God be known in what I receive and give

This be the decree for each moment I live

Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound

That God and the Muse so freely are found

So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand

It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Dance of Light, APOGEE Vibrational Art,

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com©Rose Marie Raccioppi

Is It

Is it brush in hand and thought in heart
From which this painting has its start
Where comes this call I hear as mine
Word, color and form these gifts of time
Is it the Muse that summons the soul
Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal
And when in completion a work is to be
Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie
Is it Truth that anoints each new day
With the knowing path of the spirit's way
Ever present this reach to do and create
Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and Fate
God be known in what I receive and give
This be the decree for each moment I live
Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound
That God and the Muse so freely are found
So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand
It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Quest, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2000, www.apogeeart.com

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.

APOGEE ~ Within Self...

to the setting of quest
to the vision and the goal
to the heights of spirit
to the inspiration within soul
pulsing heart passions aflame
destiny destiny call to your name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Thank You Gary Manzo for believing and knowing
Image, ©Gary Manzo, 2011.

Uprising, Revolution, War and Strife

Within the chronicles of history
spirit and valor in quest there be
Annals of time past and now
freedom and peace in plea in vow
Uprisings, revolution, war and strife
to mark anew day's purpose and life
Moments, days, years numbered and in memory cast
Held there be the Presence and light everlast
It is resolve that humanity calls to be known
within the grasps of faith, love and TRUTH be it shown.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Philip Galle, 1537-1612, (after Maarten van Heemskerck, Drawing 1498–1574), Statue of Zeus, Engraving, 1572.

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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"Thy Will Be Done"

A feeling, a thought, its expression vast
A word, a line, a brush stroke, a sculpture cast
Awakening of mind and quest within heart
From deep within this soul I shan't depart
The calling of pen and brush be heard
With paint and ink so be THE WORD
In glory and in praise this day has come
Know I the joy, "Thy Will Be Done."

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Minerva, 1889 – 1890, Roman goddess of poetry, music, wisdom, and warriors (Greek, Athena), bronze sculpture, Norwegian American artist, Jakob H. F. Fjelde, 1855 - 1896, Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota, photo © 2008 by QuoinMonkey.


Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~

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Words Of A Poet

Words of a poet set to depart
From one soul to another heart
Words, prayer, love and praise
Echoes of this life's gifted days
The yearnings, the glory, the vision, the quest
Words to convey passions' behest.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
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Quest and Vision

Sounds, gestures, in word and song
The heart to be known does ever long
What words to say, what melody to sing
What is it that wills each word I bring
'Tis this life's purpose to be heard
Quest and vision cast in many a word
Paint, color, line and form expressed
The call of the Muse with brush caressed
Understand SELF, THE WAY, I to define
The Creator's Call within this soul mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses, c. 1640, Simon Vouet, French Baroque Era Painter, 1590-1649.
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
~Robert Frost~
and so the echoes of heart, soul, and quest, be heard...
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The Painter's Honeymoon

Quell not these passions
The yearning fires of the soul
Devour pain and loss.

Heed the calling quest
Divine grace to you bequeath
Truth in God's light known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Painter's Honeymoon, Oil on canvas, 1864, Lord Frederick Leighton, English Classicist Painter and Sculptor, 1830-1896


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IS IT

Is it brush in hand and thought in heart
From which this painting has its start
Where comes this call I hear as mine
Word, color and form these gifts of time
Is it the Muse that summons the soul
Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal
And when in completion a work is to be
Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie
Is it Truth that anoints each new day
With the knowing path of the spirit's way
Ever present this reach to do and create
Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and Fate
God be known in what I receive and give
This be the decree for each moment I live
Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound
That God and the Muse so freely are found
So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand

It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Quest, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2000, www.apogeeart.com


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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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