Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

God’s love

  • i heard him say

    I heard Him say “and when you ran to me your cheeks flushed with the night we walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight I held your hand”[1] …and I responded and when You held out Your hand warmth from lamplight Oil I, once barren seed upon the sand sprouted now from fertile soil Read more

  • embraced

    Embers glowing, fire bright Warmth protrudes from what is light From afar we view, you take my hand Such distance to travel to this venerated land Through freezing field I traipse a pilgrim’s journey But I worry not because you’re with me And tarry not, the gait is swift A lightened load gives me a Read more

  • Regarding a Fowl

    “He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler” Psalm 91:4 (NKJV) “By natural instinct she not only protects them, but calls them under that protection when she sees them in danger, not only keeps them safe, but cherishes them and keeps them Read more

  • Concentric

    Pressing into every joint, Into His omniscience we immerse. His Spirit strong at a single point, Outward, direct, sure, never adverse With the spherical radii we reach into The Cloud of wisdom, love around. Infinite presence stable and true We know, we just know, without a sound. For God is there, in all direction And Read more

  • Artist Credit: Sean Seal “And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.” 1 Corinthians 9:25,26 (NKJV) so where is Read more