ROSANNE

This Presented at  Roseanne DiPaolo  memorial gathering on Sunday, January 15, 2017 with friends, family, all in heartfelt tribute. I was honored to present this at such a loving and spirited dedication. There are indeed so many she touched in her own special way heart to heart. 

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What Be

What be this need to see beyond despair
Is this the heart that holds to love and God's care
What be this knowing that sees beyond illusion's veil
Is this the faith that rises above all travail
What be this joy and soaring quest
Is this the blessing of Creation's behest
This moment, this hour, this day be it now TRUTH proclaimed
By the loving grace of BEING, by GOD'S WORD named.


In dedication to my Aunt Ann, my Godmother ~ Rest in Peace


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Vincent van Gogh. Still Life with Open Bible. April 1885. Oil on canvas. Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

...it is HE... and so in dedication...

a discerning heart, a knowing soul

within destiny, faith, truth, the goal

a belief in SELF ever to reveal

the light beyond restraint, beyond conceal

ever present be Creation's start

a resounding accord within your heart

from timeless moments blessings anew

music, music, destiny's calling on to you.

and so it IS...

claim is the call

secure

hold fast

Faith is at Soul's door

this the fearless moment

awaken

the I is PRESENCE

the Truth prevails

the Heart is all knowing

Faith is at Soul's door

claim is the call

claim

claim

claim is the call.

In dedication to Carmine.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses (detail) by Simon Vouet, French painter, 1590- 1649.

A Memorial Day Tribute, May 25, 2009 In Honor of Lt. Col. Michael L. Murphy, USMC

Dedication of Murphy Court

Bittersweet

A loss, an honor, bittersweet so true
For the life of a son is ever love to you
Memories of younger days shared in joy
Be it a favored game or a treasured toy
Wife and children so blessed was he
In their souls he shall ever be
A life in dedicated service he did give
A son in honor and love shall ever live.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Lt. Col. Michael L. Murphy, USMC was killed on the night of Dec. 11, 2000
along with three other brave Marine Warriors
while test piloting the MV22 Osprey Helicopter.

Street dedication set for Marine test pilot | lohud.com | The Journal News

Source: www.lohud.com