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.

Golden Ray of Alchemy

winds blowing wildly in Tappan, New York and so...
haiku reflection

known be this questing
golden ray of alchemy
time, change and Presence.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Golden Ray of Alchemy, Image: ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

Soulful Mind

Strength, direction, harmony
Ever present questing destiny
Healing body, mind, soul
Ever present questing goal
Premonition and knowing wise
Ever present questing prize
Mastery of time and space
Ever present questing grace
One with truth, nature and creation
Ever present questing celebration
Enlightenment and SELF defined
Ever present questing soulful mind.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Regulus, exhibited 1828, reworked and exhibited 1837,
Oil on canvas, Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775–1851,
Tate, London, Turner Bequest, 1856.e, London, Turner Bequest, 1856.
Photograph Credit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org

Turner here presents the departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus, the Roman general. Regulus was made Consul for the second time about 256 B.C., and with his colleague, Manlius Vulso, commanded in the first war against Carthage. He was made prisoner, and then sent to Rome by the Carthaginians, with an embassy, to make peace. He bound himself by an oath to return if the terms were rejected. Not believing it noble to advise the abandonment of the war, he, regardless of the entreaties of his family, and even of those of the senate and the people, urged its prosecution. This was eventually decided upon. Regulus returned to Carthage and certain death. As one who refused to purchase life by sacrificing his country or breaking his oath, Turner bestowed a commemoration upon Regulus in this painting.

And so the light, ever present questing soulful mind..

Consider as a Holiday Gift
for anyone who enjoys the play of words
♥
Special Announcement:
Read the Review of The Wind and the Willow
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
Now available in hardcover (ISBN: HARDCOVER51536)
Limited Edition Hardcover
and softcover (ISBN: 1-60474-454-5)
directly from Publish America.
Click on title, place title or my name in search bar of Publish America Entry Page
available also on line booksellers nationally and internationally
Thank you for your order.
ENJOY
♥

This Questing Hand

Wherein lies this call, this command

What inspires this questing hand
The wavering cloud, the streaming light
Brush strokes to capture known delight
The firmament above
Nature's touch, godly love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Frames of Mind, Opus 4, Watercolor, Conceptual, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com
click on image for larger presentation


Special Announcement:
Read the Review of The Wind and the Willow
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
Now available in hardcover and softcover directly from Publish America.
Click on title, place title in search bar of Publish America Entry Page.
Thank you for your order.
ENJOY!

Who But God

Who but yourself and God really know
What is in heart despite what you show
Who but God is ever a listening ear
Providing the love to banish each fear
Who but God gives to Kings and Queens and onto you
The selfsame sky be it cloudy, stormed or blue
Who but God in a knowing light and love
Creates all earth's offerings and the heavens above
Who but God in my last moments of call
Knows this heart, this soul, ever questing love among all.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Saint Luke, Oil on canvas, about 1615, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian Baroque painter, 1591-1666, Credits: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Special Announcement:
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
Now available in hardcover and softcover directly from Publish America.
Click on title, place title in search bar of Publish America Entry Page.
Thank you for your order.
ENJOY!