Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

God’s love

  • for we who cry

    In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul. Psalm 138:3 (NKJV) Who do we fool? What fears we mask as we seek. Primitive reason lurking about our minds… We have a refusal to think outside the plane that is endless in all directions – infinite Read more

  • a prayer for a thistle

    And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.  Revelations 21:5 (KJV) Your guardian eyes so warm, removing harm and protecting  my way each day. Watched over, I feel safe, secure and steeped in Love. It is Your eyes, Lord, that see me through each abrasion and each incident, turning mismatched moments into seeds Read more

  • green and white

    But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10 O that I should look upon the past Still salvaging  pieces of things You will outlast Gripping struggles gone long ago Greener pastures, whiter snow. But what is this pain inside my core? A reminder! Read more

  • love we must

    Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2 (KJV) Who do we love? Why must it be? That we love at all Affectionate we. Those things that Attract our thought, Worldly values Can be bought. But, wherefore does, This affection brings? Shallow hands grasp Empty things. Ponder this: Look Read more

  • Somber Fragments

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17 (NKJV) Repentance, Lord, we call to Thee, Depths of heart hesitant to see. You alone know us well – Somber fragments You alone know to quell. Remorseful heart, spirit crushed, Lord, Your Read more