S P I R I T held ...

 

At this late afternoon hour S P I R I T held ...

in Silence

in Pulse

in Inspiration

in Resolve

in I AM

in TRUTH

... be there Praise and Blessed Peace ...

Bamboo in graceful bow and sway

Holding the sun’s light in brilliant verdant array

In joyous abandon the silence to greet

The chorus of sound as leaf and gentle wind meet

Dancing shadows of supple canes I to behold

Among the lithe and lush leaves touches of gold

Leaves and canes in supple surrender bow

Beauty, strength, gentleness be the bamboo’s vow

'Tis the late afternoon hour of this bight Spring day

The gentle wind, a chime song, birds and canes at play.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Bamboo - Canes at Play, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2024

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Elemental Interface

 

                    Earth

                            Water 
                                Fire 
                                    Air 
                                        Spirit

                                        this within my very BEING
                                        this within my consciousness

                                            the quaking fields of Earth
                                            the cresting waves of Water
                                            the soaring flames of Fire
                                            the resounding winds of Air 
                                            the pulsing light of Spirit 

                                                  this within my very BEING
                                                  this within my consciousness

                                                        I of Earth seeking place
                                                        I of Water seeking flow
                                                        I of Fire knowing passion
                                                        I of Air seeking breath
                                                        I of Spirt ever eternal

                                                            this within my very BEING
                                                            this within my consciousness.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Photo: Elemental Interface, CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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Celestial Sea

There are those who ’see’ into the depths of APOGEE Vibrational Art, something  that is mystical,  outer worldly., intriguing. Their perceptions are valid. Each work in the collection has come forth from lucid dreaming. Within the realms of sleep a gift is bestowed.

YES, A wakeful sleep ... a blissful and focused transition to other realms of BEING... lost to the revelations of image and the call of word. Poetic Dialogues with imaginary dominions that become real onto themselves.  APOGEE Vibrational Art, a responsive call to what IS ~ Inspired Spirit. 

The star lands, and galaxies afar, become known, become real. They with color, movement and intent,  are brought  to a pristine surface of white. They come to speak the counsel of the ages, portray the passions, the quest, the liberation, the beauty, the truth sought by the soul self. 

Here in presentation is one among others:

Celestial Sea

Once again in flight across vistas near and far

Embraced by the light of the sun and a distant star

Upon a magical cloak of white

Traveled I through the night

And as the dawning came to be

I above the cresting waves of a celestial sea

Hearts across the horizon rise in praise

And I swept in the joy of awakening days

People of lands above mountains high

Sing their soul’s song to the intrepid sky

The harp song of the wind is heard

Be this the adoration of the WORD

A silent melody of love and lilting grace

Within my heart this soaring I to place

Heart’s chambers in pulsing passion divine

Awakened, awakened to the NOW of self and time

And as I record this dream awake so lovingly known

Blessed be the light, the light so brilliantly shown

We to sing as a chorus of divinity, peace and love 

Blessed be the souls of Earth and the heavens above.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Celestial Sea, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

APOGEE Vibrational Art, www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com

Through the Kaleidoscope

Through the Kaleidoscope

bits and pieces

shards of glass and gems

tokens of treasure and time

tiny sea shells

stones and crystals

artifacts of earth, of sea

in reflection’s embrace they be

a kaleidoscopic wonder I to perceive

from light, matter and intention conceived

wondrous be each cycle of change

all in reflection and bearing its claim

each turn of the lens, each breath taken anew

the beauty of sacred geometry gifted onto you

when the eye calls to such sensibilities divine

an exaltation, an exaltation, of body, spirit and mind. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown, New York

Photo: A kaleidoscopic offering, #2, APOGEE Paradigm™, 

CAR, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2021.

... and in turn a word...

The young artist spoke... I listened ... and in turn a word... 

Unbridled be your genius in its expression divine

The knowing, the visioned, the calling of heart and time

The grace of Spirit to hush the discordant claim

Binding shackles be they no more in HIS name

Blessed by the giving, the receiving, heart and hand

Beauty and Truth in Life's command

Unbridled be your genius in its expression divine

The knowing, the visioned, the calling of heart and time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

APOGEE Paradigm™

Moment of FREEDOM... and so proclaimed anew July 5, 2020

Moment of FREEDOM

The shedding of shackles and confine

This quest of spirit and mind

The moment of birthing freedom sought

Beyond the illusion suppression has taught

The reach to the God within

To vanquish each false sin

With brush and paint I to proclaim

This Moment of Freedom in Truth's name

Peaks and flames of passion and desire

The light and glory of Spirit's known fire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Moment of FREEDOM, 2002, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

When we live, feel, touch within ourselves the knowing of liberation, so be that Moment of FREEDOM... with all its fervor, with all its fire, with all its passion, with all that IS ~ Inspired Spirit ~ free to rejoice, free of life threatening disease, free of all that oppresses, free from misunderstandings,  free to know God,  free to BE ~ Birth Eternal onto SELF.

HOLD TO THE GIVINGS

Listen I, to the murmur of the day
The calling, the calling, of THE WAY

Is my love known
Is my love felt
Is the light within seen

Questions in response to this moment in time 
Is there a legacy of spirit held as mine

Are my words held in poetic call 
Heard as a soul calling to the ALL

Life precious, this gift onto you, onto me
Behold I within each breath the grace of THEE

AMEN AMEN be this song of soul
For the blessings of life, pay I willingly the toll

May we each in our own spirited way
Hold to the givings, to the givings, of this day.

AMEN AMEN.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate 

Orangetown New York 

May 28, 2020

Genesis ... deliverance onto thee…

Genesis ... deliverance onto thee...

Words of this day and an expressed pressing need

Thoughts within consciousness planted, as too, a seed

Is it dismay and expression of dread that I am to hear

Within I declare a knowing Faith, beyond the told and untold fear

Sense I do an awakening to Spirit be sought

And to this, a word of understanding to heart be brought

Listen I, and in a telling, a harvest from Creation's grace

Within each challenge be a lesson in life's book of time to place

And so the sense of pain, loss and fear of the calling moment now

Eased by the Spirit reaping the harvest of Faith's loving vow

Genesis, the rising light in blessings BE

Vistas of deliverance unto THEE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: 

Genesis, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

This day, beyond the deluge is the lambent blue of the sky, the warmth of the sun, the song birds song, the quiver of grass new, the gentle budding of spring flowers, the emergent green of leaves upon branch, nature offers its ever present gifts of beauty and grace... Let us in FAITH hold this in heart. Let us take care in reverent regard. Let us hold sacred breath and life... rise, rise shall we above this deluge, rise, rise shall we above this deluge.

To a POET, words speak their revelations...

The words SILENT and LISTEN bear the same letters. 

The initiation of SILENT by, S, connotes the call to Spirit, 

and the ending letter, T, calls to Truth... 

The initiation of LISTEN by, L, connotes the call to Love, 

and the ending letter, N, calls to Nurturance

And so be it known

The initiation, the final call 

Spirit ~ Truth 

Love ~ Nurturance. 

To a POET, words speak their revelations. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Image: Photo, CAR, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, Collectible Click, 2019.

It is one of those, "JUST BECAUSE," days...

 

It is one of those, "JUST BECAUSE," days... for there is ... 

                   Beauty and Bounty
                        Exchange and Evolution
                            Care and Creativity
                                Aspiration and Ascension
                                   Unity and Universe
                                      Spirit and Self
                                         Entry and Exit... as I so choose...

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Paradigm™

Watercolor, Ascension, APOGEE Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.apogeeart.com

A Sunday Meditation… An Awakening...

A Sunday Meditation… An Awakening...

     When these is an awakening… 
          and what it is, IS…Inspired Spirit…
               when LIFE becomes the C O N T E N T , 
                    the meaning, the primordial experience, 
                        when breath becomes the rapture,
                             the inborn receiving, the giving 
                                  from LIFE to LIFE,
                                       the C O N T E N T reveals itself,  
                                           Its embrace is felt in an astounding revelation
                                               A word, a concept, a calling of each letter, 
                                                    the awakening to  C O N T E N T...

                                    Creation

                                        Omnipresence

                                            Nurturance

                                                 Treasure

                                                      Exchange

                                                           Need

                                                                Truth

… and so beloved be this companionship of BREATH and LIFE.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
APOGEE Poet

Awakened Faith, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

The Sounding Light Collection, 

www.thesoundinglight.blogspot.com.

P A U S E ...

A breath, a sigh, a P A U S E… and so then to paper 

this the way of this poet of Aries birth

moved she is by reflections… past, present and yet to be 

moved by the silence, moved by all there is 

and so expressed be 

P A U S E

Passion, Aspiration, Unity, Spirit, Exchange, 

in words that echo the heart, in words that call to the soul. 

When in the travels of time you choose to 

P A U S E

do allow my invitation to be known

 each poetic offering a

 P A U S E.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Courtesy Google Search

She to SELF...Wild Winds of Spirit

She to SELF...Wild Winds of Spirit 

Wild winds of spirit

Passions unleashed

She soars to vistas unknown

Lucid dreams of distant galaxies

Worlds in rhythmic motion

Sounds silent, sweet, thunderous

Pulsing, pulsing, pulsing

Within her a vibrant chord

She beckons, she calls deliverance 

She to SELF…she to SELF

FREE …FREE… FREE

Wild winds of spirit.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Efes Antik Kent Nike Heykeli

This relief marks the late Roman period, the 4th and 5th centuries BC. In the right hand is a palm, in the left hand is held a wreath from a bay leaf. The goddess represents speed and power; Nike has the ability to run and fly free. Nike is the embodiment of the concept of victory, the goddess of victory.

According to Hesiodos, she was born of Stylus, the daughter of Pallas and Okeanos. Nike is shown as a young girl with wings, flying feee and gliding from heaven. Nike is also one of the leading names of Athena, ammong the most depicted immortals in sculptures and paintings.

Fires of SOUL...

A received call. a posted message, a song heard, words in revelation, praise shared, a visit, and the knowing in this moment ...

Fires of SOUL...

Awakened to the fires of soul

The vision, the quest, the fulfilled goal

The passion of SELF in this moment NOW

The unfolding, the sounding, the expressive vow

Within this pulsing heart of mine

Feel I the blessed, the supernal divine

A life onto me in union conceived

In each breath of BEING a gift perceived

And so this the eternal moment real

The splendor of SELF ne'er conceal

And I in grace and gratitude sublime

Savor the spirit, the SOUL mine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

A Dozen ROSES...

A Dozen ROSES gifted to me...

A dozen Roses in splendor they be

Such beauty of bloom graced onto thee

The majestic in petals of passion's embrace

The beauty, the magic, within heart I place.

Thank You Dear  Esther Dederichs.

And so it is...

In a vase so beautifully they now stand 

Such be this gift of the Creator’s hand

Petals in bloom open to the light they be

The passion of a Red Rose beckons one to see

The beauty that unfolds in such resplendent array

Sweet, sweet be the savor of spirit brought our way.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

What Color of Spirit...

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

What color be this moment ~ What mood ~ What spirit of BEING...

Is it the red of passion that sparks with flame and desire

It it the orange of a setting sun that holds to Creation's fire

Is it the yellow that dances with knowing joy and delight

Is it the green that lives the blessings of God's light

It is the blue so vast and clear of a day time sky

Is it the indigo of the night and stars on high

Is it the violet of Spirit’s crowning grace

Is it the magenta that holds Soul’s place

It is each, each and ALL

Heed the silent and resounding call.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

#colors #mood #spirit #nature