Brody

With line, color, form and God known
The unbidden force of spirit shown

Presence, space, held near, far, vast
Paint and motion upon the paper cast

Calls, whispers heard in colors bright, bold, tender, pale
Brody’s message beyond all, spirit shall prevail.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



Brody, Rose Marie Raccioppi. THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.

Art Through the Eyes of Brody Morales
Ojitos Triste 2009, 15 x 39 Canvas Acrylic, Brody Morales,
http://www.BrodyMorales.com

The Presence

Budding green of the old oak tree

White blossoms upon weathered dogwood branches

Sweet song of chirping birds

The touch of warm winds

The light of the risen sun

The Presence

These gifts of grace

Upon this day known.


Rose Marie Raccioppi



The Presence, Photograph, Collectible Clicks©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2009

Mindscapes

A prisoner within my soul
Menacing manacles mounting toll
Silent surrender smothering suppression
Held and shackled stilled expression
Time recaptured past visions present be
Now known as what I have brought upon me
Shed the hurt and many a tear
So gone the constraint, so gone the fear
Touched by TRUTH and GOD’S knowing care
Self freed of delusion this dark despair
Mindscapes of lifetimes here and past
Revelations known and BEING ever last.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Mindscapes, Rose Marie Raccioppi, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.

Contemplation, Thomas Benjamin Kennington, English, 1856-1916.

Possibility

Can I step outside
this window of perception
Are limitations real
or am I beset by illusion
Are these assumptions of reality
the shackles that need be broken
Can this mind know itself
beyond its defined experience
The very question sets
the horizon of possibility.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Possibility, Rose Marie Raccioppi, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.


Slave (Rebelling) c. 1513, Marble, height 229 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Michelangelo Buonarroti, (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma).

Words Like Roses

Words like roses

delicate

passionate

fragile

a lingering sentiment

that touches our heart

awakens our sensibilities

and in silence

our soul sublime.



Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Soul of the Rose, 1908, John William Waterhouse, 1849 – 1917.

A Word Sharing Vendor

What of your dreams is yet present in heart
From what desire, vision, shall my word have its start
Here I am at your command and desire
Bearing a poet’s word in life’s full attire
Memories, reflections, revelations, some sad all sweet
Where time and eternity are ever to meet
I a poet, a word sharing vendor
Of life, in all its quest, all its splendor.


Rose Marie Raccioppi

In Words

Words brought to this mind
What is perceived as harsh or kind
Be it thought of time present or past
In words its memory shall be cast
When a feeling bears no define
The description be ever sublime
When a knowing in silence heard
Spoken be the divine WORD.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Day Dream, 1880, .Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882.