by Abbe Rolnick | Feb 19, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
An Awe Gust Story –(August)What we hear is what we believe.I was told I was Miss ChievousAnd that was the name I always used.Proud of the Miss and never noticed the Insinuation.The wind blows a storm in off the oceanWarm air mixed with Mountain breezesThis is...
by Abbe Rolnick | Feb 12, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Planting RootsI’ve been uprooted from my home more than a handful of times.I think of myself as wanderer Grounded not by the place But more by feel.As a humanoidI grow roots by Filling voids.Family isOne anchor, Friends are another, Love becomes a binder. No matter...
by Abbe Rolnick | Feb 5, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
De-collectingDust will always collectAlong the shelves of booksHistories of charactersAnimals, travels, and biographies.Read long ago, you’re sureYou’ll revisit them. References of times past.When I downsized, I let them go.I often sift through bookshelves in my...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 29, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Home GrownThere is no recipe forCreating a homeIt grows from the smellsOf chicken soupOr lentilsA slow simmer.The tent of blanketsMade by the fireplaceWhen the electricity failed.Hot chocolate The answer to frostbiteLemonade after a swim In the ocean.The felling of...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 22, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
New Seasons SeasoningsThey say my dad was saltySo appropriate as his name is Morton.Was it because he was in the Navy, But never sailed?He was a sweet man, Sugary with his comicAntics.Anything to get a laugh.My mom with her precise decisions, The queen of eleganceHad...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 15, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
My gift to myselfEach day I view anewEach night I review.I dream of the impossibleSee the twinkling smile as if I’m the starWithin the vast cosmos.When I stumble on the stoneHear the pebble crunch alongMy worn path,I pause,Feeling the road.The stars guide my wayDown...
