Abbe Rolnick's Blog: Abbe's Notes, page 4

Where Is Home?

Where is Home?Within my walls of skin and bonesI carry all that I need to be at home.As I bend into a tent and extend my limbsMy arms and legs create my base.Sheltered upon the earth, My folded body stretches, holds firm. I rise like a tree, roots embedded.My branches reach beyond the stars.I find […]

Desert Jewels- Abbe’s Ruminations

Desert Jewels- Recent Memories I’ve been here before, in the desert of which some say is desolate with its muted beiges, browns, and shadowy hills.  I’m struck by silhouettes, spikes, prickly cactus with blooms so vibrant that the sun shines through. Those who like life stripped down  to basics, find gifts in all that the […]

Change

Change--Pennies from HeavenI hear the jiggle of coins—pennies from heavenNickels, dimes, and shiny quarters,As my pockets dance in sync with my walk.Divisions of money are almost irrelevant.I miss the art of writing out a check, The careful addressing of name,The line before the dollars, the small printing of the cents.Gone are the jiggles and signing […]

Remnants of a Loved One

Remnants of a Loved OneI smell my mother when I get my hair cutThe sickly-sweet scent of hairspray.I smell my mother when I walk by a side streetWhere the staff takes a smoke break.My eyes catch the shimmer of diamondsRings and necklaces danglingAnd her regal presence appears.Never opulent, sleek elegance, dressed in beigesOr black and […]

Mystery Unraveled: Whispers

Mystery UnraveledBehind closed doorsWhispers.Not bedtime romance but hushed voicesNot to alarm the kids.But they didn’t know that walls hold secretsThat whispers are forerunners to actions.The move billed as an opportunityTold a different story.The picnic on the floor of an empty roomRomantic frugalityNew chancesNew risksMore whispers.Another cultureEchoes Repeated All to protect the childrenWho, wiser than parents,Know […]

Designer Sandwich

Designer SandwichA crunch on the outsidePreferably pumpernickel rye toastedNot too thin or thickJust enough to hold the center.A mixture of texturesThat meld the outer vigorWith a smooth snap.A thin coating of DijonBefore the bed of lettuceRipe tomato slices, sharp cheddar,Rounds of crisp cucumber,Topped by a sprig of basil.I like my friends the same way.Crusty, colorful, […]

Abbe’s Ruminations Play More, Dance

While spring approaches, I find myself still caught in winter. My body and mind have retreated into thoughtful repose.   Cerebral with embedded worries from everyday concerns to that of worldly consequences.  Politics and proclamations bombard the day.  None of which I can control. I putter painting landscape scenes, restful serene vignettes.  I begin composing another […]

Harmonize

HarmonizeI close my eyesOpen my earsHear the soundsOf the morning.The rumbling rhythms of Garbage trucks, The swish of a sweeper,The sweet high notesOf a warbler, the ca-chagrackle of the crow.I’ve come to knowThis song as my greeting.I, in my high-rise,No longer a country bumkin,I wonder about distinctions.What song do people sing?Colors, culture, size, age,We are […]

Owl’s View

Owl’s ViewTwo eyesThat’s all we get.Our vision confined to a “V”Straight ahead with two peripheral asides.Looking backwards confined to rearview mirrors.Not like the Owl Whose neck swivels withcinematic panoramasSeen simultaneously.An inclusive perspective.Or the GiraffeWhose tall neckTowers above toSee throughObstructions.Reflections go backwardsTiding up perceptions,No eyes neededBut the impressionsAlways resemble the “V”.Until we can swivel and tower […]

Twisted Like A Pretzel

Twisted like a PretzelI meditate with pretzeled armsHands folded against my browLegs crisscrossed, squared in a yogi box.With each breath,I travel down and upRetrieving perspective.Seeking Sanity. Within me, a river flowsThrough convoluted bends.Pours into the ocean ofMy soul.Returns from the mountains,Peaks of past triumphsTo fall as rain.Tears carry the salt Of voyages, danger, adventureAnd repercussions.Stilled, […]