Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

God

  • pity the poor wind

    dark wind above obscuring light with frenetic pace laden with futile might coursing seen as purposed and wise means chasing ends in limitless tries as death deceives on a blustery trail those yearning for hope only to fail catch my hand you in scurrying fright let’s sit upon tufts of reason’s delight hold my hand Read more

  • graceful path

    Beautiful is this path unfolding Before each step with Purposeful glances Left and right, hope and trust. Would poppies draw close my thoughts? Or soft green grass beneath my feet With souls upon cloudy landing Each step imprints a day… Or a moment And I see a fair Beauty in your soft eyes Gently caressing 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

  • blue

    Return ecstatic heart Why did you go? Bring love to my voice and Beauty sought from my open eyes. Cold blue rhapsody turned Warm and wanting. Uncertain waves on Fine grains cause Ripples and ridges Carved into my blank expression… Come to me apathy – So I may see my enemy! To look straight in Read more