M O O D S

                          Moods

                                        Colors, moods of pigment call to the artist

                                        Line, moods of movement call to the dancer

                                       Substance, moods of form call to the sculptor

                                       Sound, moods of timbre call to the musician

                                      Words, moods of expression call to the poet

                                                                    … and so a story be told

                                                                    a vision be shared

                                                              a song be written

                                                       a decree declared…

                                                                  Rose Marie Raccioppi

                                                                                 Poet Laureate

                                                                                Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm... OF BEING

Quake and Storm...

OF BEING

what be this passion, this driving force
this calling to create, to design, to express
what be this passion, this driving force
this calling to awaken, to perceive, to understand
to reveal, to share, to resolve
this calling to validate, to define
to live purpose, to be free, to know love
what be this passion, this driving force
to live ideas, disciplines, and mastery
this the sculptor
form, structure, newly conceived
this the artist
metaphor, symbol of creation's command
this the poet
in lamentation, in faith, in joy expressed
this the dancer, the actor, the performer
the music, the word, the song, the drama
this the quake and storm
this each heart in soul's light
what be this passion, this driving force
but the grace and power OF BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013... on exhibit at Union Arts Center, Quincy Hall Gallery, ~ The Sounding Light ... Artists Reception and Celebration, January 4, 2014.

You Sing Your Song

Not pained by days past
Not burdened with lessons of history
No fear to soar the sky
No doubt in moment present
Little bird, little bird
You sing your song
And ALL is known.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Boy with Bird c. 1616, Peter Paul Rubens, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

March Yet Young

In Dedication to
A young student who is everything Spring
Grace Page Boyle

The days of March yet young
A bit of time for Winter's season done
Peeking green through melted snow
Chilling winds of winter this day to blow
A sounding serenade through barren branches heard
And the coveted song of a nesting songbird
The crisp leaves of Fall's season yet found
With broken twigs upon this awaiting ground
Driving rains upon emergent buds of green
Winter giving over to Spring in this moment seen.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Peeking Green, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks,©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.