Chopin's Raindrops

Rain Rain

The rhythmic falling rain
The green flourishing foliage
The touch the sound the feel
Creation in God's grandeur real

Rain outside my window
Tapping at my door
I hear its sounding call
Rain rain evermore

Droplets of splendor
Upon branches budding green
Shimmering day light
'Tis God 's blessings be seen

I listen to its haunting
Chant and melody
And feel its loving grace
Deep deep within me.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Artistry across time and distance... SUNFLOWER...

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Artistry in Communication... 

The words of a Poet Laureate, Rose Marie Raccioppi, and the masterful eye of photographer, Muhammad Zaki, from New York to India, from India to New York, all in devoted expression. Here we are, each engaged in shared moments of Creation... each born decades apart, each living distances apart... this the majesty of loving intention... the ONE in manifestation. Ours, a tribute to the Sunflower... this the light, the bloom, the beauty in soulful gratitude.

Flower of the SON... the child of Light... ever the seedling of Love... SUNFLOWER

Flower of the SON... the child of Light... ever the seedling of Love...

SUNFLOWER...

Petals of golden light I to perceive
This the majesty of the CREATOR to conceive

What thoughts of love and grace has HE
To bring beauty's array, this flower to be
Seeds of light the center does hold
Within, another flower yet to unfold
Gifts upon our Earth, blooms ever sublime
And touched we are by this endowment divine
THE MASTER GARDENER in loving grace does sow
A behest in celebration of the sun's light and glow. 

Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

 ...ever received as the warming smile of spirit and creation... 

blessings... progeny as seedlings of love...

Image: Sunflower, Google Search.

I, In FAITH... from Passion's Fire

Conspiracy, corruption and travail

Beyond aberration THE WORD to prevail

Just as the night pursues the light of day

So too, ever present be the path, THE WAY

Illusions cast as truths to be revealed

THE WORD to cast light on deceptions concealed

And known to us be our soul's desire

The PHOENIX to rise from passion's fire

From the depths of our knowing heart

TRUTH, LOVE, PEACE, MERCY, BEAUTY, shan't depart

This I in FAITH claim to be true

This the GRACE OF GOD on to You.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Andreas Alciato. Emblemata, 1573, celebrated legal scholar of early sixteenth-century Italy, known for his work in philology and ancient law.

...take I a pen... take I a brush... Graces of Eternity

Graces of Eternity

Bathed in the sweet nectar of divinity

Held by the graces of eternity

Feel I the Will of God's love

See I the glory of the heaven's above

Live I each breath, the giving, the receiving

Within this soul the knowing, the believing

And on to this hour, this moment at hand

Be it God's Will in loving command.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Graces of Eternity, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

2nd Call... STAGE IS SET... Auditions are being held for you to be YOURSELF... APPLY WITHIN...

... inspired by a calling for an ever new performance of life, this our choice...

may we answer willingly to ENCORE...ENCORE...

Curtain Call

drama of my mind

theatre of my soul

the curtain drawn

the script written

the lines rehearsed

the drama to unfold

what illusions will seem real

what deceptions will be masked

what TRUTHS will be honored

what story will be told

am I backstage acting out a role

what lines do I repeat

what drama do I make real

what of life do I behold

what scene includes me

what scene bears me no place

what re-write is there to consider

or is all foretold

a calling heard

open the curtain

here to stand 

this the moment

I in command

illusion bears no veil

deception wears no mask

TRUTH IS and I AM.

applause

bravo

curtain call.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Curtain Call, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.

...this day... Genesis

Genesis

What be my thinking this day

What perceptions will mark the way

What memories shall I behold

What story shall there be told

Will this day be its glory new

Will it be shadowed by doubts held true

Dispel the veils of doubt and fear

Banish illusions of loss, pain and tear

Know that all in its own destined way

Brings meaning and purpose to our day

Beyond all hurt, betrayal and demise

Is the seeking and the word of the wise

The waxing and waning to prevail

The splendor of light shall ever we hail

Know with faith and an abiding grace

That within our heart destiny has its place

Genesis shall be ours ever to have and to hold

This THE WORD be it with love ever told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Genesis, APOGEE Vibrational Art,   http://thesoundinglight.blogspot.com   ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.