by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 28, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
NormalDoesn’t existPoured into a mixOf all people we knowIt becomes an equationOf all the differencesDeviations, brillianceAveraged togetherThe sum of which doesn’t exist.I’d like to hear your thoughts. You can find me at http://www.abberolnick.com
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 21, 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 | Aug 20, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
Travel In Place Abbe’s Ruminations August 2025 I believe that travel is an emotional journey. I don’t have to go far to experience the awe of discovery. This week I traveled with my sister and brother-in-law to the Filson Manufacturing Plant, in the basement of the...
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 14, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
WaywardIf I used my left hand,Would I be backward?If I was righthandedWould I ever be wrong?Would I lose my wayAnd what way is that?A path to greatness,A path to acknowledgement,A path to rise aboveTo the highest point,Would then I see another wayAnd realize all...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 31, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
Campfire pleasures I remember my first smoreThe gooey mess of melted marshmallow On top of chocolate and a plain graham cracker.The heat from carefully laid firewoodLit by rubbing two sticksSmoke blown by windTasting the ashes as they fellThis was the cap to skewered...