Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

idle thoughts

  • love, faith, trust

    I rarely feel, in uncertain times, I will see passage to more forgiving climes. Even knowing, in steadfast love, that passage begins with descending dove. Thus i forge ahead where sea weds air, and draw upon faith for countenance fair. But for closure to this daily plod it is trust that completes this path to Read more

  • He is near

    Calm me, comfort this frail heart at odds with that which would sooner steal joy and watch eager eyes fail, only to winnow places above the horizon for certain clues of the mystery who is God and is always near. (c) 2017 rick stassi Read more

  • when I die

    When I die, am i cast away o’er forever oceans upon dream’s sway? Or, to vast eternal ethereal light loathe of darkness and void of fright? I think journey’s fair end I see, is a place in God’s heart for me. (c) 2016-2017 rick stassi Read more

  • floating

    unfalling, floating still life – a wingspan fortress. forward motion extinct and time is motionless. I hear my heart in soft meter among these days of solitude… a gentle updraft respects the greater pull of élan in overt disregard for earth and sea. (c) 2016-2017 rick stassi Read more

  • faithful spring

    cradle my soul with thoughts of you enlighten my sight above crimson and blue fashion my desires toward seeing your eyes deeply reflecting comfort arise how can I among these masses hear true love beat in a heart as it passes ground me forever on growing warmth knolls away from the tumult of thrashing sopped Read more