by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 20, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
It’s been ages since…I’ve lived in on the East CoastHaving ventured to an islandAnd settled on the West Coast.It’s been ages since…I’ve lived with anotherSharing the same bedThe same memoriesIt’s been ages since…I’ve eaten meatWell done, end cutsHeavy on my...
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 13, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
My pants are too longFrayed at the edgesI’m guilty of caring lessJust as I care moreIronically, I blame my heightThe plague of petite affirmations.I don’t look in the mirrorBut others do.I’m elderly, not wanting to changeStubborn in keeping blue jeansThat flair or hug...
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 6, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
GossipI remember the telephone gameWhere you whisper something to a friendWho whispers to another friend and after a few roundsThe message had morphed to an outrageous story.Inevitably the message becomes tinged.Is there such thing as positive gossip?Do where share...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 30, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Security BlanketWorn threadbareA child holds on to the holesThe deep snugglesWhere tears arrive and fears settle in.It’s the blanket thatWraps the child in loveFamiliar like The bunny rabbit with its missing earDragged beyond into the other world.I seek security in...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 23, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Healing and ReconciliationI’m absorbed in the realm Of reconciliation:As I’ve partially set my next novel in a small town in the US And in the war-torn country ofColombia.Military wounds, militias, governments, drugs.Versus humanity.It’s always the children that...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 16, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
EncyclopediasI mourn the loss of the World Book Encyclopedia, or Britanica.A huge expense for my family, I relished its monthly Alphabetical arrival.Pouring over each lettered volume, I studied animals, history, flowers, and culture.In school we’d have to quote our...
