Night at the Museum...

And as I listened...

Tones, textures, treasure of time

Passions bold, lyrical and gracefully divine

Sounding brush strokes of the perceived

Color, form, in expressions conceived

Drama, musical portraits in soulful splendor

To the artistry of ALL in sweet surrender

Breath, heart and light, this beckoning to heed

The music, colors pulsing, 'tis the Creator's creed

Hear I the canvas in tones of passion and reflection

Touching all sensibilities in sounding perfection.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Keys and Strings

Keys and strings
The splendor of sound
Heart and spirit ever to resound
Blessed be the muse, the music sublime
Creation's call known in sounding divine
Heard be the winds and the rolling waves of sea
Tender the touch, deep passion in mounting plea
Bloom and petals alight in frivolity play
To the awakened reverie I do pray
Lilting sentiments resonant and real
The muse, the music, the soul to reveal.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate


In Dedication and in Tribute

Lauren Weaver
cello
Yashar Yaslowitz
piano

Performance Extraordinaire
August 15, 2009

Johann Sebastian Bach
Gabriel Faure
Bela Bartok
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms

Soiree Society of the Arts
Carnegie Room Concerts
Nyack, New York

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This Grandeur

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.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Passion, Piano and the Poet's Pen

May 17, 2009
Valley Cottage, New York

Performance Extraordinaire

In Tribute to

Yashar Yaslowitz
Pianist

With loving gratitude,

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet



Terpsichore, Muse of Music And Dance, ca. 1739, Oil on canvas, Jean-Marc Nattier, French, 1685-1766