Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

a cry

  • rebirth

    Airy notes of a scale lay flat as melody fails to stir sonic waves Sentry clefs survey respective staff lines avowing harmony is imprisoned as silence is foremost Spirit arises as temporal dies Awaken music Lift ye all tones and come alive in resolving chords Rousing chorus is pure euphony Life is soul heart is… Read more

  • importance

    it is important to love and to hold tight the smile of a stranger to breathe in trees of the forest cherish the hug of someone i love and to listen to the melodic ripple of a determined rill for i am loathe to let the dark clouds of the everyday shadowed valley delay progress… Read more

  • righteousness

    brokenness waxes as strength grows within stubbornness relaxes reverence begins I am never far enough to say i’ve arrived pilgrims journey avoids all things contrived so the Lord watches my weakened stance as knees fail in softened glance and reaching up I grasp a Hand of righteousness where I beg to stand. (c) 2016 rickjstassi Read more

  • happiness

    curious is this world seeking to devour our joy under the guise of furthering our happiness Read more

  • sunflowers

      Why, when winding down roads of thought drawn deeply into a devising mind countered with a steadfast heart, do things of life, life that has been lived and described by countless ones remaining still unique to me, continue to surprise? I shall rest confident God will always be there and sunflowers forever look to… Read more