Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Quotes

  • A Contrast…

    He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Psalm 107:29 Water tossed across the seas, Instigated by ambitious breeze. Daring vessels to sit upon The waves of uncertainty night to dawn. But Jesus calms water still And calls for faith -we search our will. For are we Peter and step… Read more

  • The Stars and Darkness

    That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Ephesians 3:16 I look to the sky and see sparkling specks of light. All is endless as the black sky forgives all thought. The emptiness absorbs anxiousness purely by distraction. But,… Read more

  • In One Hand Eternity

    7 The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. Psalm 111 (NKJV) Our hope thus lies herein. We are from the dust in flesh but in our soul, God’s breath.[a] In His Spirit our soul comes alive as a perfect image. We are Adam first and perfect. We are Mankind, a pleasing sight to… Read more

  • The First Temple

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is… Read more

  • The Back-Swing Times

    I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NIV) The pendulum swings. It travels to the right and the gleeful rise and the joyful sing. There is accomplishment in the days ahead.… Read more