Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

my life

  • lament

    the sun is far the moon awry on a faraway beach does my heart lie. where is my true love? night vessels have passed aching core realized this may be my last. how does a dove in mourning so sweet lament a new day prior to wing’s beat? and I peering out of windows of… Read more

  • newer times

    rest not on blessed light shone of candle moonlight over tepid sand laurels of relief and times of brief succession from angst prayers answered riding miracles over seething writhed calamities bursts of happiness or sudden awakening. rest in hands that hold heartfelt echo’s ripple brushing your soul in all times comes whispers of love and… 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