Inspiration comes in fits and spurts, laced with time, warmed with the heart. Each of my offerings began with a whisper, a pause to see, hear, and reflect.
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Tween being in Between
Tween – between yearsI’m between yearsTime to be seen yearsChange yearsMeaning and introspection yearsWith less years in front of meI find my adolescenceAn elderWith essence.Not to be confused with the teenage years I'd love to hear your thoughts on these traditional...
Musings on growing into an Elder
Musings on growing into an elder If I were to read my old journals, from the green-keyed diary to the twenty-some composition notebooks, I’d find themes of an adolescent maturing into a woman. Love, philosophy, career crisis, image, and motherhood. There would be...
I mourn the loss of kindness
I mourn the loss of KindnessHow did my favorite word kind, Morph?The word has new meanings.A more selfish view“my kind” or “to gain in kind”.A wound or fissure so deepWe fall from grace. The humanrace,Has lost its heart.Ask yourself about humankind,Kind that cares for...
Hope–Every moment Counts
Hope—Every Moment countsHop is the hop in your stepThe awe in button snapsThe green of snow peasThe brown dirt in palm crevices.Hope is when you smileEven though you fail.When you fall and scrape you knee.Hope isn’t just imaginedIt is a core beliefThat every moment...
Jolly Maps for travelers
Jolly Maps for TravelersI want to create a map of joyWhere to find the next free libraryOr the display of tiny hensHidden in the forever changing garden.Rubber ducks floating in a pondOr a dinosaur exchange.Show me where mugs are tradedAnd key chains are madeFrom hair...
Mushball love stories
Mushball Love StoriesI love, love storiesThe sappy kind that Opens with strangers Who find themselvesAwkwardly moving towardArms that embrace.Strong actionsUnpretentious givingA little lustA kiss all the way to the roots.TendernessContent in old age. Let me know your...
About Abbe
Abbe Rolnick grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. Her first major cultural jolt occurred at age 15 when her family moved to Miami Beach, Florida. To find perspective, she climbed the only non-palm tree at her condo complex and wrote what she observed. History came alive with her exposure to Cuban culture. After attending Boston University, she lived in Puerto Rico, where she owned a bookstore. Once Stateside, she capitalized on the knowledge she gained as an independent bookstore owner and worked for one of the finest bookstores, Village Books, in Bellingham, Washington. Once a CEO of a manufacturing firm and owner of a healthy foods café, she is now retired and spends her time writing.
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