Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

idle thoughts

  • 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

  • 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

  • sunflowers

      Why, when winding down roads of thought drawn deeply into a devising mind countered with a steadfast heart, do things of life, life that has been lived and described by countless ones remaining still unique to me, continue to surprise? I shall rest confident God will always be there and sunflowers forever look to Read more