Sometimes Real Sometimes Pretend

Seashells hold the whispers of wind and sea
All of life becomes known to me
A world of wonder and wishes of no end
Sometimes real sometimes pretend.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986, The Shell, 1934, charcoal on laid paper
From the Collection of Dorothy Braude Edinburg

BRAVO Yashar

Passion's pulse in command
Piano keys await your hand
Sounding this array of emotion
Fingers set in waves of motion
God, Truth, Power, Love and Grace
Known with each finger placed
Piano keys voice spirit’s calling plea
Presence, reflections, lyrical reverie
Gloria Patri be the praise, the claim
Held is this grandeur in your name.

In loving friendship,

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Performance of Yashar Yaslowitz
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin
January 31, 2009
South Nyack Recital Series
Soiree Society of the Arts

Music, Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe