by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 9, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 2, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
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,...
by Abbe Rolnick | Dec 26, 2024 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Dec 19, 2024 | Abbe's Notes
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...
by Abbe Rolnick | Dec 18, 2024 | Abbe's Ruminations
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...
