Abbe Rolnick's Blog: Abbe's Notes, page 6

Rainbow Perspective

Rainbow PerspectiveI stare at droplets as they drizzle along the windowpane.Clear with a tint of lemon, cerulean, and persimmon red.The wind carries the copper ping of a distant chimeAnd the orange of maple leaves with their wings of emerald seas.A yeasty smell rises from the kitchen, the topaz crust of fresh breadCrunchy and buttery, my […]

It Makes Perfect Sense

It makes perfect sense.I believe that a table is alive with molecules lying within.I never understood the difference between chemistry and biology.Connections linked everything together, only separation and force destroyed.I learned a baby grew inside a woman, nourished through the umbilical cord.Born whole, dependent. The Belly button remained as evidence.Which to me felt like the […]

Boundaries

BoundariesThere is no bubble around my being.No line of demarcation that separates my soulFrom that of another.Permeable, I receive all—The angst and the joy.A shield of protection, armor against bad intendersMay preserve my physical formAnd seal off the openings.Once closedConsequences prevail.Bound to othersWe share and mingle; soar above, dive below,Create echolocation, a bird’s radar to […]

Senses

SensesI enjoy the smell of ironing.The steam suspended burn of crisp pleats and smooth collars.I enjoy the smell of noodle soupA signal of the sabbath, healing, and love.I enjoy the smell of challahBraided twists of yeasty bread, crusty and tender. I enjoy the violet lilies and lilacsMy father nurtured without a green thumb.I enjoy the […]

Storyboard of Crazy thoughts

Abbe’s Ruminations:  Storyboard of Crazy Thoughts After releasing my new novel, The Underpainting, to the world ( yes, a bookstore in Germany bought it  as well as another one in England)  my mind is free to wander. When I don’t have a plotline or clarity on my next book, I gather my crazy ideas and […]

Spring Into Life

Spring into LifeThey say love is in the airWhen the blossoms fall like snow.How am I to know?They say the sun’s rise and setStretches longer and longer,Warming bare arms,Radiating out charm.They say that the warm wind singsThe song of beginnings.The notes honey ladenAs if the bees anticipated,The new nectar, the call Of tender buds that […]

Ageless Delight

Ageless DelightMy toes sift through sand sparkles.Fallen stars of treasured gems.I hear the sea gull squawk.The call of vendors sellingFish, hot dogs, or ice slush.Sandcastles tower upward, A moat fills with salty water.Heads poke out from buried sand mounds. And the adults read under fancy umbrellas.I carry a pail and shovel For abandoned shells, smooth […]

Ticket to Radical Responsibility

Ticket to Radical ResponsibilityIt was free so I took it.I had no idea where it would lead.An open call to my consciousI wondered if attending a sermon from a Different religion counted.Or if my class from the community police academyWould suffice as an entry into the behind scenes.Perhaps a walk with a stranger on the […]

A Mystery That Makes Me Wonder

A mystery that makes me wonderRock to pebble to sand to glass The ocean’s wear and tearThe moons pullAll while I sleep.The rise and fall of breathPlant’s precious releaseOxygen giver and taker of life.The wiggle spermThat germinates an eggTo permeate walls. Cells of divisionSewn together Later to unravel.I wonder at the cosmosA chaotic, orderly systemThat […]

I Refuse to Bow: Abbe’s Ruminations November 2024

Abbe’s Ruminations  November 2024: I Refuse to Bow I’ve learned that no matter what you believe, act on , or profess, rejection and fear lie in waiting.  Our country has voted in another president.  Many are cheering and many are disillusioned.   We all have our opinions which straddle the divide on either side of […]