Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

idle thoughts

  • after death

    There is mercy on the wings of a dove. Alight! O Love, with peace to spare darkened, cold, wintry plight. How do eyes sunken in despair see outward to jeweled sunrise and know the hope of a new day? There is joy inside, steeping – ready to infuse all cells with new life. Just one Read more

  • Shepherd’s Keep

    welcome now my lighted way setting mind at ease today never seen angst’s corrosive leap within the tight embrace of shepherd’s keep how i wish for times like these laid end-to-end o’er wider leas forming a lifetime of joyful mirth with faithful steps from sweet rebirth Read more

  • open door

    I long to peer inside your heart to feel the things that urge new start. entrancing words roll off your tongue like the sheltering breezes boughs hide among. the imprint of wiser paths across impending icy field leads me upon stinging frost with progress’ fruitful yield. I yearn to see your face today and know Read more

  • serenity

    i tend to think about some things that lend to sprout of temporal wings i float aloft in empty skies dreaming of escape from miry lies. there is death among such losses led by which way the angry wind tosses this spiral into endless chasm heart hardened in infinite sarcasm shall i break from where Read more

  • bliss

    pull me, i am on a string. i float and follow your whim. trust allows lightness, free from friction and physical restraint. you are effortless; the lovely breeze i ride upon- in and out of obstacle and distracting words that hope to steal bliss and build contrite failure. i know trust- it is soft down Read more