Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

God’s hand

  • First Love

    I can’t explain, These times uncared-for With heart toward God Still not yet bared.  I know from where,  Descends a dove. To hasten me back, To my first love. Rick Stassi 2022 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

  • icicle

    Off a frozen ledge One drop of fallen rain Slowly drips and Freezes, adhering to another,Then another Forming an icicle – A stalactite Refuge for those Who reach out For fear of drowning – Sliding passed water’s edge Only to find Their icy grip Is slippery-futile And immerse they must with Heads submerging Til the Read more

  • Your hand of righteousness

    You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. The LORD is righteous in all His ways,Gracious in all His works.The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;He also will hear their Read more