Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

joy

  • peacefully arrived

    Shall times of peace be nevermore? Accordingly amidst a toil- My heart is hardly arable soil, Feebly tranquil in unloving lore. Spying under harboring stones, I seek a foreshadowing need- In a language I cannot read, Increasing my heart bemoans. Alas in grateful revelation, A sound clearer than once before – God beckoning through the Read more

  • the narrow line

    The narrow line between Earth and Sky the softness of your gaze. The hope instilled in gentle breeze reminding of your ways. I drift along the earth and sky in self-determined might Until such time I contemplate a worthless daily fight. In reflection I’m astonished by persistence toward my heart. In times that pass and Read more

  • curious

    Wond’ring beyond – where a place I have yet to know mingles with what is no longer enough. How I wish to know more as innocence joins with curiosity led by the spirit of God’s will. (c) 2011-2019 Rick Stassi Read more

  • overlooking

    Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida How I quarrel with what i need and what I desire. I quickly depart from yesterday with hopes of finding a new light to fill a hole in this temporal mind; overlooking the cry for love and understanding in this eternal soul. (c) 2011-2019 Rick Stassi  Read more

  • reason

    Resisting the imminent postmodern presence is akin to a man opposing a glacier. Should hatred prevail in a world where love must? Reason is the eventual catalyst of man finding God and showing a deeper kindness to all. (c) 2011-2019 Rick Stassi Read more