Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

my life

  • Prayer for Humility

    Struggling to give up The predominance of self-centeredness. The instinct for self-preservation, Is surpassed by the need to look outward In empathetic realization That we as a whole are better When we consider God, And others, Before ourselves. Rick Stassi Copyright 2021 Read more

  • Prayer for Wisdom

    I seek holistic wisdom, Beyond my furthest reaches. To cast out temporal leanings, Embracing God who teaches Rick Stassi Copyright 2021 Read more

  • Prayer for Goodness

    I surrender all of me to goodness, Surpassing mortal reason. To achieve focal ascension, And see a perfect season. Rick Stassi Copyright 2021 Read more

  • Confidence

    Poised in moonlight, confident of the coming dawn. The sun rolls ever westward followed by sorrowful souls crying in the despair of the postmodern world peering over the horizon with a hope of renewal. Ultimate untethered freedom is not freedom at all but rather rules abounding with near impossible obedience. Lament those who cannot see Read more

  • your season

    The dried grasses of late summer are bending and sprawling from dew borne on the cooler night of a changing season. Slumber is rejuvenation and dreams encapsulate fanciful recounts of life thus far. Embracing change is shedding the old skin of the past with renewal to behold new life. Weather abides and turns dismal with Read more