In Place Of Leaves

Upon branches of barren trees
Snowflakes held in place of leaves
Shadow, light and wind, the snow does hold
Sparkling mounds and falling flakes to behold
The faint song of wind upon chime
Heralds a welcome melody to Winter's time.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


First Snow, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009.


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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
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Almost

Happy! Happy!
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Eyes Turned Skyward

Ascending ever changing sky and light
Wondrous by day, wondrous by night
Ever present waves of color crest and enfold
In awe be this celestial sea of soul.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

For once you have tasted flight
you will walk the earth
with your eyes turned skywards,
for there you have been and there you long to return.

Leonardo da Vinci



Astronomy Picture of the Day, Rosette Nebula, http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091202.html

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Leonardo

A gentle strength
In line conceived
Presence and beauty
Divinely perceived.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."
Leonardo Da Vinci


Study of a Woman's Head, Silverpoint on greenish prepared paper, 1490, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519.



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ART

Awareness
Right Intention
Truth

and so Our Being.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

Not Too Much To Carry, (Fardeau Agreable), Oil on canvas, 1895, William Bouguereau, 1825-1905.

art
noun
art 1
the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
art 2
archaic or dialect 2nd person singular present of be .

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Aria

Aria of Aries birth she be
An inner child deemed destiny
A song, a flame, playful desire
She ever the spark, the heartfelt fire
A crown she braids of daisies white
Holding within its golden light
And if a moment veiled in despair
Calls she to God's knowing care
In faith and love she beckons to me
Whispers of a song, this soul free.

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Child Braiding A Crown, Oil on canvas, 1874, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1825-1905.

"The soul is revealed when you feel centered; your mind is clear; you have the sensation that time has stopped; you suddenly feel free of boundaries; you are keenly self-aware; you feel merged with another person, either in love or silent communication; you feel untouched by aging and change; you feel blissful and ecstatic; you have an intuitive flash that turns out to be true; you somehow know what is going to happen; you sense the truth; you feel supremely loved or absolutely safe." Adapted from Life After Death: The Burden of Proof, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2006).

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Dressing Up

Many a wonder deep deep inside
A princess, a queen, who shall decide
A crown, a cape, and here I be
The magic of all deep within me
Stories I have listened to so very well
And here I am with myself to tell.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Dressing Up, Oil on canvas, Fritz Zuber-Buhler, Swiss, 1822-1896.




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