...captivating surrender...sleep...lucid dream...

night be the hour
tranquility be the moment
blue be its blush
the night in full bloom
a celestial garden of blue
the dark beckons
drift I into raven enfolds
suspended and embraced
captivating surrender
behold I a cosmic dance 
floret firmament of sleep
floret firmament of sleep.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Floret Sleep ~ Lucid Dream, APOGEE Vibrational Art, 

The Sounding Light Collection, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

Descent No More...

Under the shroud of sleep 
Timeless moments 
Inner realms dispelling limitation 
All pervasive Being 
Above Earth's plains 
Beyond all mountains 
In flight across the heavens 
Held not by gravity 
Within the burning light 
That cannot be contained 
The shroud of sleep lifted 
And I awakened to time 
A vibrant peace 
An all sounding silence 
Knowing
I shall descent no more 
Into the lower realms 
Of deceptive thought.

~

all sound silence
all color light
all sensibilities peace
all life breath
all awareness rapture
all knowing truth
all truth beauty.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Astronomy Picture of the Day, Betelgeuse Resolved, Credit: NaCo, VLT, ESO.

...captivating surrender...sleep

midnight be the hour
tranquility be the moment
blue be its blush
the night in full bloom
a celestial garden of blue
the dark beckons
drift I into raven enfolds
suspended and embraced
captivating surrender
floret firmament of sleep
floret firmament of sleep.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Sleep, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Morpheus

Morpheus
swaddled in your spell
cradled in galaxy light and wind
suspended in time
Morpheus
beyond Earth to distant worlds
within this enfold of slumber
held by the sweet graces of sleep
Morpheus
feel I your beckoning
know I your majesty
your guiding light to dawn.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Morpheus, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Above Earth's Plains

Under the shroud of sleep
Timeless moments
Inner realms dispelling limitation
All pervasive Being
Above Earth's plains
Beyond all mountains
In flight across the heavens
Held not by gravity
Within the burning light
That cannot be contained
The shroud of sleep lifted
And I awakened to time
A vibrant peace
An all sounding silence
Knowing
I shall descent no more
Into the lower realms
Of deceptive thought.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Astronomy Picture of the Day, Betelgeuse Resolved, Credit: NaCo, VLT, ESO, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html


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Descent No More

Under the shroud of sleep
Timeless moments
Inner realms dispelling limitation
All pervasive Being
Above Earth's plains
Beyond all mountains
In flight across the heavens
Held not by gravity
Within the burning light
That cannot be contained
The shroud of sleep lifted
And I awakened to time
A vibrant peace
An all sounding silence
Knowing
I shall descent no more
Into the lower realms
Of deceptive thought.

Rose Marie Raccioppi




In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lopez (Observatorio del Teide)
Astronomy Picture of the Day
2008 June 30

Explanation: Clouds of glowing gas mingle with dust lanes in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the constellation of Sagittarius.The Trifid, also known as M20, is only about 300,000 years old, making it among the youngest emission nebulae known. The nebula lies about 9,000 light years away and the part pictured here spans about 10 light years. This image was created with the 0.8-meter IAC80 telescope on the Canary Islands of Spain.

Descent No More, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Publish America, June, 2008.