by Abbe Rolnick | Mar 26, 2025 | Abbe's Ruminations
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Mar 20, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Mar 13, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Mar 12, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Mar 6, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
On Aging—PerennialI want to be a perennial.Ever blooming, mixed in Rich diverse soil. Among seeds of older DNA Spread in distant culturesWhere I continue to growEnriched within and outwardly shine. You can send your thoughts to me at http://www.abberolnick.com Also I...
