Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Fear

  • lovely and true

    peace comes in drops of rain light piercing in prismatic plane with hopeful glances far above He is near and cradles in love when do we fill the gap of vanity and overflow like tourmaline sea? i ponder inward and see my flaw knowing God’s restoration in awe renewal waxes in unfurling leaf soft green Read more

  • treatise

    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Read more

  • i dreamed

    i dreamed about vast grandeur, an eternal unfolding sky. endless, enveloping, seeming where old things go to die. i dreamed of far bright lights upon a darkened sullen gray following, following, now ever closer i choose to run away. I dreamed of green, lighted fields the ones inviting so severing, severing my earthly ties now Read more

  • old tree

    the truth in an old tree gnarly and rooted deep by waters still. when shall I hear healing words draw nigh to shed upon your hopeful peering eyes seeking to allay fears? I wait, I wait to dry your tears. maybe that is why i listen on passing breezes – it is best, I believe, Read more

  • lucid moments

    my bare feet stung as i walked across the grass blanketed with hoarfrost to the warm light a short distance away from an inviting cottage an embracing glow upon a flame streaming through the window that beckoned me to walk a prickly path numb into the heart of God where I was welcomed with response Read more