Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

idle thoughts

  • inner man

    purify, new inner man. child upon lightness; sheltered from darkness. away! amber delay. fear to One, find my way.   rick   Read more

  • greater will

    I wonder in color, dream in vivid hue. count blessings on hands and feet, awaken amid waxing blue The days ever so bitter, the time ever so lost. all safely tucked away now, forgotten tattered and tossed. Optism is the brighter way, joy is better still. when hope and trust in greater things, are resting Read more

  • promise

    winter born on fragile brown wondering heartbeats make no sound save promise whispering in cold recline O hopeful promise soon be mine   Read more

  • bitterness

    Lost often in days I’ve wrought, trembling and bound in veiled knot. The morning relieves a dreadful night, as warming comes in hopeful light. Should I in weakness stride anew? Or pity failing in harboring dew. This lack that wreaks on endless walk, grasping for more than fruitless talk. I dislike my downturn from certain Read more

  • a beacon

    Hope follows lightly when despair reaps its day a beacon shines in tired eyes I see impassioned way. rick Read more