Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Growth in Christ

  • lovely and true

    peace comes in drops of rain light piercing in prismatic plane with hopeful glances far above He is near and cradles in love when do we fill the gap of vanity and overflow like tourmaline sea? i ponder inward and see my flaw knowing God’s restoration in awe renewal waxes in unfurling leaf soft green Read more

  • treatise 2

    For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV How I long to See deeper into My soul To understand How God sees me And you. Would I then Learn to Read more

  • treatise

    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Read more

  • conceding petals

    in my continued progress, time is relentless. opting temporarily cessation, to extend roots and grow a bit. i’ll be like a flower with petals lithe, color-bright, for another small season. but O my soul soon writhing – the struggle and bleating of this one lost, wandering… Would green grass illude? How fast the slope entraps. Spellbound in 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