Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

find God

  • 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

  • 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

  • uncertainty

    it is unsettling in this moment that i should be vain in thought. is contentment water’s stagnating and air’s staleness? or maybe this is a time to breathe and prepare for the approaching breeze held aloft by summer’s warmth pushed by spring’s uncertainty. (c) 2016 rickjstassi Read more

  • waters deep

    Wisdom comes deep and love shall parallel. rest winnows like a breeze In these times. When my soul cries out and my eyes are seeking beyond the horizon! Beyond my self with eyes of a child and a gait hastening toward my true love. Shall I forget that i cannot find you, true depth, unless… Read more