Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Devotion

  • ..the warmth of the springtime glow

    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and… Read more

  • The Stinging of the Hoarfrost

    1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.… Read more

  • Doing well in God’s Eyes

    If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Gen 4:7 There is a line. Above this line one does well, below, one does what is good. In a bout of… Read more

  • Life is beautiful, and too, the music

    7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.” 8 Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we… Read more

  • Fall and the Harvest Moon

    When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; 1 Corinthians 13:11 In the Fall of my life, leaves peeled away from my branches and fell to the ground. In my understanding, I was like a tree. Once flourishing  in a glow of parental… Read more