Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

God

  • upon green leas

    “How optimistic the fields that grow To appreciative eyes the fruit they show Diligent is the northern breeze Laying unfetter’d life over these…” Diligent breeze virtuously Surrounding the ones who seek Above horizon’s razor-edge line and Over mountain’s pleading peak. Contrarily meandering, pitifully seen, The anemic lights – Of those eyes peering Throughout  lifeless nights. Under Read more

  • 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

  • that day

    I love that day, a day pristine and new. our lives intersected when I met you. I love that day, a day so full. when we joined as one, two hearts equal pull. I love those days, when tears and pain brought precious lives, heart’s warm light reign. I love that day, when we saw 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