Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

thoughts

  • moment’s sigh

    weep not for crimson light disappearing into night peer east for ocher’s hue grand entrance for things new cry not for those who leave indulge a moment to bereave look instead to lively eyes which overshadow bluest skies solemnity makes senses aware far off light draws our stare knowing beauty for all to come shadows… Read more

  • morning joy

    pray peace abound where hardly a sound invades captive seeking when God is thus speaking pray love pervade those best intentions laid upon a cold helpless heart what God doth impart pray hope implored crossing at stream’s ford the water of all living how God is thus giving pray eternal golden tether our hearts all… Read more

  • pain

    All pain has already been endured. All emotion is but a short depleting burst to self-medicate those impossible things that seem desperately beyond our reach. When do i fully cross the line from temporal to eternal and allow all- encompassing hands to grasp this frail and hurting vessel that was knit and molded to be… Read more

  • once more

    walk with me and tell me some more of the things that will be and others before let my thoughts wander upon billowy sky heavenly melody lends favor to broken heart’s cry sun’s low-cast sunset on autumn windy chill winter ice gathers upon my mind’s frosted sill o, tell me a tale of my life… Read more

  • now

    what in life amounts to enough when the flesh craves more and tries to strangle spiritual sensibility and coax breath from a well intentioned heart? how do I know when it is time to fully engross all aspects of my life into the eternal atmosphere Who waits and watches? let me turn to rising mist and… Read more