I, A Woman

 

I, a Woman, I a P O E T 

of expressive 

 

                Passion, 

Omnipresence, 

Evolution, 

                                        Truth… 

within are the seeds that seek rootedness 

the muse in all potentialities prevails. 

Ever the birthing of a word, 

ever the deliverance to behold, 

cradled in the soul of BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The ALL of ALL

I AM the ALL of ALL

the breath of BEING

the inhalation the exhalation

the rippling waters of the stream

the cresting wave of the ocean

the rising and setting sun

the ebb and flow of the tides

the seed the flower in bloom

the passion the rapture all sensibilities

I AM WOMAN

ever in receipt ever in giving.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

The Birth of Venus, Italian: Nascita di Venere, from 1483 until 1485, Sandro Botticelli. 1445-1510.

On Being A Woman

Holding to the Wonder

Aware of the Omnipresent

Feeling the Marvel

Living the Aspiration

Fulfilling Need

Words to define what it is to be a woman
Come from the special meaning of who we are
With grace we receive and provide the ultimate giving
With love we nurture
With question we pursue
With pain we give birth and revel in its miracle
With persistence we provide
We are blessed to be
The receiver and giver of life.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


In Dedication to
Jill Cirricione




Reve de printemps - A Dream of Spring, William Bouguereau, 1825-1905, 1901.

On Being A Woman, Selected Poem, BARNES & NOBLE | The Wind and the Willow by Rose Marie Raccioppi, Publish America | Paperback, NOOK Book (eBook)
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On Being a Woman

Holding to the Wonder
Aware of the Omnipresent
Feeling the Marvel
Living the Aspiration
Fulfilling Need
Words to define what it is to be a woman
Come from the special meaning of who we are
With grace we receive and provide the ultimate giving
With love we nurture
With question we pursue
With pain we give birth and revel in its miracle
With persistence we provide
We are blessed to be
The receiver and giver of life.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Madonna of the Pomegranate, Tempera on panel c. 1487, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Sandro Botticelli, 1445 - 1510.


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Heard in the Winds

This hankering of heart
This searching of soul
Prods of passion
The incessant quest abounds
Present seeking its domain
Heard in the winds
Yet silent
Yet silent.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Woman in the Wind, Ventose, Art Nouveau Print, Treadway/Toomey Galleries.

Brush and Key

The expression of sound with touch and stroke of hand
The embrace of a knowing in spirit's command
The call of the music the instrument to convey
Artist and musician, the muses at play.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

And to us it be known

hands in the creator's command
with brush beauty to behold
upon keys the heart be told.

on this day
6 October 2010
dedicated to
Serena Rose Emory

Vincent Van Gogh, Marguerite Gachet at the Piano, 1890, (oil on canvas, 40-1/2x19-3/4 inches)
housed at the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel.