Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Holy Spirit

  • 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

  • …and this One

    And this One shall be peace. Micah 5:5 (NKJV) and this one shall be peace a bit of love from friend to friend finds a warmth receive and send and this one shall be peace a kind word for they on the lane we know not their suffering we know not their pain and this Read more

  • His Eyes

    “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV) For His eyes On earth do peer, Patience o’er those He espies To and fro for the meek, Watching us, our seeking cries. For Read more

  • Pray Vanity Lost

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. Jonah 2:8,9 (KJV) Look not upon emptiness, Place no value there. Panic not upon distress, Cleave to vanity, know despair. Observe your breath Read more

  • A Contrast…

    He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Psalm 107:29 Water tossed across the seas, Instigated by ambitious breeze. Daring vessels to sit upon The waves of uncertainty night to dawn. But Jesus calms water still And calls for faith -we search our will. For are we Peter and step Read more