Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Sanctuary

  • tranquil

    Can you hear a blade of grass Reach up in sleight of moment’s pass? Or the whisper of a single star Cold alone and so, so far? Leaves so fast and quietly unfold, Just as quickly wither and get old. And light-years traveled celestial bright, This star is only a memory in a twinkling light. Read more

  • The Stars and Darkness

    That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Ephesians 3:16 I look to the sky and see sparkling specks of light. All is endless as the black sky forgives all thought. The emptiness absorbs anxiousness purely by distraction. But, Read more

  • Merciful Lord, Build Your Sanctuary

    1 When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you Read more