Ravel - Bolero. Sergiu Celibidache 1971

One is seduced by the gentle touch of sound ... to a mounting momentum, until one becomes the crescendo completely in rapture. Thank You....

Music calls to me in color, in movement, and in the passions, that pulse our very BEING.

 Hear I the music and the words become expressive echoes
 Hear I the words and the music becomes the dance
 Hold I the pen and the paper bears the poetry of heart
 Hold I the brush and the canvas bears my soul.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

 

In Accord... TOTEMS of SELF... Consciousness and BEING...

to·tem/ˈtōdəm/
noun
a natural object or animal believed to have spiritual significance and adopted as an emblem.

TOTEMS...

If indeed I am the RAM, opposition holds no fear
If a FROG, I am confident in my transformation
If a DOVE, I know the power of peace
If a ROBIN. I am itself splendor
If a TIGER, I am protection
If a HAWK, I am the soaring flight
If an EAGLE, I live freedom's quest
And as ROSE MARIE, I am passion's flower of the sea...

TOTEMS... TOTEMS...ONE and All I BE...

The ROSE

What longing lore of love do your petals enfold
Your sweet seductive fragrance I to behold
Bloom in rapture and radiant red array
The kiss of waters upon your petals lay.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Rose, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2015.

Alchemic Flame

alchemic flame
passions in expressive rapture
fire of BEING ablaze with light
the self in soulful splendor
this the sacred bonding
this the sacred bonding.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Paradigm™

Alchemic Flame, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2015.

DIVINE FRENZY

Wrapped in the rapture of consciousness unbridled... 

Divine Frenzy... 

set aflame with an insatiable fire ...

compliance gives way to creative freedom
restriction gives way to expansive understanding
confinement gives way to total liberation
doubt gives way to boundless faith
judgement gives way to BEING
DIVINE FRENZY the breath of soul
spirit winds aflame
cloak of mortal clothing shed
flaring breath of soul as SELF known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Divine Frenzy, Watercolor, APOGEE Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

Held By The Leaves

Majestic be the light held by the leaves

Luminous and radiant, a golden scarlet there be

Held I am, mesmerized by Nature's intensity

Alluring, magnetic be such treasures of Creation

Leaves caressed by the rapture of the abiding light 

Rhapsodies in this divine expression of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Held by the Leaves, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2014.

The Dance ~ Folds of Magenta

Rhythmic be the pulsing 

Passion in fires of expression

Deep be the breath, receiving, giving

Sweet be the surrender

Rapture in revelation

Tango Tango Tango...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Folds of Magenta, Tango, Tango Tango, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013-2014, http://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

...  a bit of music to set the mood ... 

Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez Tango scene in Shall We Dance - YouTube ~ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNjVaaZXcBY

TANGO Mood

In Haiku Reflection...


this the TANGO mood
passion's pulsing dance of light
rapture of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


TANGO Mood, Dance of Light, APOGEE Vibrational Art, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

http://www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Rhapsodies Mine

words to echo the depths of passion and desire
those that capture moments of rapture's fire
the lover's embrace that holds silent the pain
within the folds of beauty our truth we so name
we and another in shared vision and a knowing quest
become the ocean waters as they flow and crest
an ecstasy within that breathes life divine
blessed be these rhapsodies mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Rhapsodies, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

So deeply felt... so deeply known... the pen of the poet... the brush of the artist... 
word and palette ... a divine order in expression...

...and so known... SELF ~ ONE ~ ALL

Presence within the depths of soul

Presence within the chambers of heart

So BE this grace of blessings divine

Within the rapture of each breath mine

This breath of SELF within to call

The ecstasy of ONE of ALL.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52, Marble, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome,
 Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680.

alchemic... Golden Light

golden light of soul be this moment's decree
the silence of PRESENCE pulses within me
beyond all loss, pain, darkness and despair
ever the endowment of CREATION, light and care
to this rapture of faith and love I willingly succumb
to this golden light of  life I, ALL, ONE.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York 

Awakened Faith, Image, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013. 

Starry Night

the depths of indigo in vista far
veiled in the light of a brilliant star
feel I the beauty and the wondrous grace
within heart chambers the divine I place
with wondrous delight and rapture sublime
known be this PRESENCE such blessings mine.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889, Words: Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

Firmament

colors lambent in the sky above

rapture be this palette of God's love

strokes of splendor and moving light

in the blush of pink the wind takes flight

warming be the grace of the sun

this the moment

this the moment ALL and ONE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Firmament, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012, http://www.apogeeart.com

BOLERO ~ RAVEL

...the color listens...
BOLERO ~ RAVEL
the pulsing the pulsing
the sounding the sounding
waves of music cresting
rapture
vibrant and in crescendo splendor.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Bolero, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.

Maksim Mrvica - Child in Paradise

pulsing pulsing pulsing passion
resounding breath breath of life
the music the music
calls to this heart
knows this quest of soul
this BEING of sound
sound
sound
enfolded I in its rapture.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

Balakirev Islamey performed 'live' by pianist Sandro Russo

Sandro Plays...

one feels
one perceives
one is moved
by the sounding passions
by the lilting hues
by sensibilities awakened
it is Sandro who plays
who defines mood and emotion
the feel of Presence
in full expression
in full artistry
piano piano
a soaring rapture
it is Sandro who plays
BRAVO dear Sandro
BRAVO.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Sandro Russo Pianista
Poetessa N.Y.
Poet Laureate


Sandro Russo » listening room
http://www.sandrorussopianist.com/listening-room/

Divine Frenzy

Divine Frenzy in resplendent grandeur
The passion of life, the Creator's lure
Colors of galaxies and fervor within heart
From this majesty I shan't depart
And I with paint and brush upon canvas white
Embrace the rapture known within the light.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Divine Frenzy, Watercolor, Abstract, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

Know I the Rapture

The mounting quest and fervor real
This heart knows not to conceal
Open to feel, long and mark desire
Pleading passion, flame and fire
Quiet the repose and soft the slumber
Nothing shall restrain or encumber
I willing to heed passion's plea
In all sensibilities I not flee
Each shade, hue, timbre and tone
I in your Presence, One and alone
Rippling waves of time and place
Know I the rapture of God's grace.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Frames of Mind, Opus 1, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Conceptual, http://www.apogeeart.com


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Rapture

This brush clean and bare

This palette filled with care
This paper stark and white
This easel touched by light
This quest a silent word
This heart a calling heard
Brush and paint in strokes bold
Form emergent to take hold
This dance of fire
Tango, passion and desire
Paint and brush yield and capture
Strokes of color, strokes of rapture.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



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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


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Le Printemps

Adoration and exaltation sweet
Within my heart ecstasy complete
Rapture be this moment real
Spring Eternal I not conceal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Le Printemps (The Return of Spring), 1886, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French academic painter, 1825-1905.

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