This The Moment

the distant darkness
the light of stars
new moon
young moon
full moon
each breath
as the ebb and flow
of tides
and I
to crest
to magical heights
this the moment.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


APOD: 2010 March 26 - Young Moon and Sister Stars
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100326.html



Jekyll & Hyde - This is the Moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5iKRpE41E&feature=rec-fav-watch-cur_emp-real_rev-rn%0D

This is the moment!
This is the day,
When I send all my doubts and demons
On their way!

Every endeavor,
I have made - ever -
Is coming into play,
Is here and now - today!

This is the moment,
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme!

Give me this moment -
This precious chance -
I'll gather up my past
And make some sense at last!

This is the moment,
When all I've done -
All the dreaming,
Scheming and screaming,
Become one!

This is the day -
See it sparkle and shine,
When all I've lived for
Becomes mine!

For all these years,
I've faced the world alone,
And now the time has come
To prove to them
I've made it on my own!

This is the moment -
My final test -
Destiny beckoned,
I never reckoned,
Second Best!

I won't look down,
I must not fall!
This is the moment,
The sweetest moment of them all!

This is the moment!
Damn all the odds!
This day, or never,
I'll sit forever
With the gods!

When I look back,
I will always recall,
Moment for moment,
This was the moment,
The greatest moment
Of them all!

...this moment ... the eve of birth anew...

Azure

Rivers of my mind
Streams of my heart
Celestial seas of my soul
Cascading, cresting waters
Hues of azure fuse and flow.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Blue B, 1959, Oil on canvas, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.

Stand I At Water's Edge

Stand I at water's edge

The warmth of the sun
Your hand upon my brow

The touch of the mist
Your gentle caress

The cresting waves of the ocean
The rapture of your embrace

The shifting sands below my feet
The presence of you that once was

Stand I at water's edge.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



It Was Blue and Green, 1960, Oil on canvas, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887–1986,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Fervent Beauty

Setting sun and ocean winds ablaze
Majestic waves of color and light
Upon the horizon
Upon these dusk waters dark
And I
Held
Within the embrace
Of fervent beauty.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Dusk, Photo, CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2010.

...and when one's words become newly present...
YouTube - Relaxation Meditation (Sunset Over the Ocean) - Hawaii 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUmqedXtvhg



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And for your namesake... Vincent You Paint

Tree branches ablaze with almond blossoms of white
Hold they to the joy of Spring in its splendor of light
This blooming array of life new vibrant and so very real
Known be such glory this heart shall not conceal
Delicate and whimsical these blooms of flowers be
Vincent you paint upon canvas and known is Spring's decree.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Blossoming Almond Tree, Oil on canvas, Saint-Rémy, February 1890, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

On January 31, 1890, Theo wrote to Vincent of the birth of his son, whom he had named Vincent Willem. Van Gogh, who was extremely close to his younger brother, immediately set about making a painting of his favorite subject: blossoming branches against a blue sky. As a symbol of this new life, Vincent chose an almond tree, which blooms early in southern regions, announcing the coming spring as early as February.

Then... and NOW...

You Sing Your Song

Not pained by days past
Not burdened with lessons of history
No fear to soar the sky
No doubt in moment present
Little bird, little bird
You sing your song
And ALL is known.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Boy with Bird c. 1616, Peter Paul Rubens, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.

The artistry and music of SPRING ... gifts of eternal beauty known...

Our work as ONE

There shall be a rising sun
And known be our work as ONE
We with perspectives in dedication
Life and purpose imbued with Creation
Wisdom gathered from many wise
The art of ALL a treasured prize
Beauty, strength and grace, a body behold
Health, prosperity, and blessings BE the story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

To my three sons
Patrick, Charles and Christopher
In loving faith,
MOM

Asklepios, or Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός, Ασκληπιός) (or in Roman Aesculapius),
god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Artist/Maker Unknown
Asklepios. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BC.
The inscription on the plinth indicates the statuette to be a votive gift.
Credit line From the Vicolo dei Leutari in Rome, 1783
Location Museo Chiaramonti