Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

a voice

  • soft grasses

    A wisp of air, an atmospheric sigh, intertwines in fields of soft pale grasses. a reminder of spirit unseen yet always felt. it is time to breathe to weep and smile – relive times not too far behind. I see your eyes, kind and surreal, watching from clouds. You continue to see what you failed… Read more

  • lament

    the sun is far the moon awry on a faraway beach does my heart lie. where is my true love? night vessels have passed aching core realized this may be my last. how does a dove in mourning so sweet lament a new day prior to wing’s beat? and I peering out of windows of… Read more

  • newer times

    rest not on blessed light shone of candle moonlight over tepid sand laurels of relief and times of brief succession from angst prayers answered riding miracles over seething writhed calamities bursts of happiness or sudden awakening. rest in hands that hold heartfelt echo’s ripple brushing your soul in all times comes whispers of love and… Read more

  • 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

  • peace

    peace is light that burns in childlike plight vigor steeped in oil’s might gathered in precious pearls reflective pool swirls in vessel wonderfully right (c) 2016 rickjstassi Read more