Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Poetry

  • gentle patience

    Guardian eye, strict ray of light, Protecting vessels adrift at night. Whilst commanding swells pound the shore, Offering featherlight droplets upon the moor. I am one who spies things pass From warmly within forgiving glass. Wondering always, my thoughts abound, As the laden sea air, my tears find the ground. Sky obscured by phantom mist Read more

  • above the blue

    enticing murmurs hold subtle sway. “come with us on our gentle way.” and if i do i surely shall spy, deception in a peppermint-coated lie. sirens call ships upon the jagged shore. O ravaged soul despair no more, for if I shall, surely I witness true, personal optimism bids adieu. there is a truth that Read more

  • tranquil

    Can you hear a blade of grass Reach up in sleight of moment’s pass? Or the whisper of a single star Cold alone and so, so far? Leaves so fast and quietly unfold, Just as quickly wither and get old. And light-years traveled celestial bright, This star is only a memory in a twinkling light. Read more

  • path forward

    The sweetness of a moonlit night, The certainty of all things right. Bathing in a tender glow, A fallen leaf upon the snow. O how these times entice my mind, Surely tension bliss shall bind. And liberty’s law brings peacefulness, Glittering lights resolve duress. Snow settles to her motionless home, Allowing my thoughts to float and roam. O Read more

  • sigh of love

    Embrace the sweetness of sorrow to show a tender side or regale an outburst of laughter pretentious cover, vulnerability deride. Embrace the moments of melancholy those times of in-between hidden, only shall churn within rather than certain demeanor seen. Embrace the secrets of sadness for depth is surely sought and brazen outward countenance vanity surely Read more