Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

my life

  • joy’s new day

    The person held more self-assured The soul dissolves in vain absurd The heart awakens in clarity’s gaze The personal joy in newborn days (c) 2017 rick stassi Read more

  • still azure

    the kindness I seek Is deep within your eyes. a gentle smile so warm like still azure skies. i reach out to feel the strength in your hand confiding outward trust I cannot understand. the faith that is gained in a vessel hard-pressed promises love eternal in surreal breaths of rest. (c) 2017 rickstassi Read more

  • mindfulness

    In the evening of these waning days, my heart reaches out to gather times past. Thoughts are obsessed with memory elixirs easing stinging effects of this breath. Mind not to rest in haunting enemies of the past. Rather, delight in love then and now. As I hold onto the light that has nurtured me this… Read more

  • Hopeful Fall

    Summer quietly comes and stays exposing most of my restless ways. Apathetic breeze blows without reason; cringing heart decries this season. I wonder if, after all, my life will settle upon hopeful Fall. And wringing hands of sultry ways will cool with sight on cooler days. Peace subsides with downcast eyes as darker days mask… Read more

  • a pilgrim’s rest

    I think about Autumn that haggard face at night the light that ushers in another time and softens all of my might. I wonder what life beyond brings adventure in ocherous hues resting soul shall embrace this time sky’s color shift from blues. The Lord’s present glory is nigh I pause for one last thought… Read more