Michel-Richard de Lalande - Lecon de Mercredi - Caravaggio

in haiku reflection...

from depths of darkness
and from shadows light be known
the PRESENCE reveals.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1573 – 1610, Italian, Doubting Thomas, oil on canvas, 1602-1603, Sanssouci, Potsdam

...each leaf...

... each leaf...

touches of color brilliant and bold
the glory of a season be it now told
veins of life in majestic flow
the heart of SELF the leaf does know
life in its flourish and its bloom
a season's end ever soon
each leaf holds within its creation divine
the breath of life lovingly sublime
known be this eternal quest and fire
life in all its beauty and expressive desire.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Leaf, Photo, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Magenta Be The Mood...

haiku reflections...

satin silk velvet
luxuriant feel and hue
folds of magenta.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Oramgetown, New York


Folds of Magenta, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011

Magenta is a deep purplish-red color that is a primary subtractive color for light. Sometimes identified as fuchsia or hot pink, magenta is a mixture of red and blue/violet wavelengths that cannot be generated by a single wavelength of light.

Magenta dye was discovered in 1859 — the same year as the Battle of Magenta. The dye, also known as fuchsine, was named in memory of the blood shed during the battle between French and Austrian forces in the small Italian city.

Blood representing the red ray of life force itself, violet representing the ray of spirit, the quest for realization, the summit of liberation and freedom... and so the magenta, the blood and spirit in accord.

This the ray of integration ... all above all below.. 
the red of the root, the violet of the spirit, the ONE in manifestation.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Founder/Director
APOGEE Acu-Tone™

September Morning

...upon awakening... in haiku reflection...

September morning
autumn festival of light
carried by the wind.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



September Morning, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

...at my door...

"Autumn is a second Spring where every leaf is a flower."

Albert Camus, 1913-1960


Fall Leaf, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Vivaldi ~ Autumn ~ The Four Seasons

...alchemic season of beauty...

amber waves of light
the alchemy of autumn
leaves in heaven's hues.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Alchemy of Autumn, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.

Twilight Hour

...twilight... haiku reflections...

this be twilight hour
the day held in night's embrace
mood of light prevails.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



Twilight Hour, Image, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2011.