Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

September 2016

  • orange and blue

    bitter orange sunset cedes to the night azure sea fades in the frailty of light i long to see this day linger a bit before i must hasten to find candle lit all the while fond thoughts turn to you caught exactly between orange and blue. (c) 2016 rickstassi Read more

  • floating

    I am a buoy upon azure sea tethered secure to rock beneath me bantered by waves indiscriminate blows i sway and list among flotsam throes slow dark ships gently shall pass clamoring travelers vainly amass i wish i could hold each and tell them of love talk of starlit nights from heaven above (C) 2016… Read more

  • this pilgrim

    Radiant day warms my skin, patience returns from where it’s been. if i see through childlike eyes, comfort awaits in sunlight’s rise. i know there will be better days when old paths have gone away. and if my sight should turn awry, abiding trust shall be heart’s tie. should I show disdain for hopeful sky… Read more

  • still water

    O, to not peer through tinted glass, where thoughts are veiled in vain morass. does clarity rise on ascending wings? poor clouded mind won’t allow such things. and as I wait upon green lea, in still waters my soul shall see. (c)2016 emanatingjoy.com Read more

  • angelic

    peace arrives with alighting swan as cygnus glides onto glass chiffon ripples remind me within my sleepy eyes that vanity ends upon bluer skies ascend white cloud into awaiting night and return to He who composed your flight (c) 2016 rickstassi Read more