by Abbe Rolnick | Jun 4, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
My Childhood Comfort FoodA bowl of spaghettiButtered, no cheese or red sauce.Challah, bread of braids, Torn by my greedy hunger.Consumed with gusto,And if I was patient, sliced and toasted.Apple pie with more crust than filling,I tended toward starch, crunch Leaving...
by Abbe Rolnick | May 28, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Caught in a Storm– North, South, East, WestBaltimore snow drifts, high enough to Swallow a five-year-old.Lost in white I had to fight.Biscayne BayCrossing the Causeway,A twirl of windBlackened in tornado gusts.A sixteen-year-oldShaking in trust.Puerto Rican...
by Abbe Rolnick | May 27, 2026 | Abbe's Ruminations
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Kindness and Truth Abbe’s Ruminations May 2026 I struggle with the concept of the white lie, when my answer is said to spare someone’s feeling. Usually it’s...
by Abbe Rolnick | May 21, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Palms The warmth between the palms Settles me,As I take hold of her hands.Cushions of loveHoned with soft padsYears of love, flows. An exchangeReceived, With no explanationOr expectation.The warmth between the palms.Often my mother would reach across the aisle to...
by Abbe Rolnick | May 14, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
A Criminal sleeps? I pass the man curled on a bench.His one leg bent touching the ground.A plastic bag acts as his blanket.I see his chest rise and fallBreathing the air.I walk with his despairTo swim in my privileged life.All this before the sunrises.He is gone on my...
