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 | 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 8, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
ImpulseI have my routinesThe tried-and-true form That keeps me sane.I’d call it my path to freeness.Once grounded, I let goFind the spacesDiscoverA seagull swallowing a starfishA great blue heronHigh in a tree, hunched in graynessMorphing to elegance as the wings...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jan 1, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
PilesShort sleevesSleevelessWorkout pantsUnderwear SocksLumped or foldedColor coded?Bills Paid and unpaidFuture listsA messy deskDesigned to hide.Decisions with consequencesChoices in life sorted, By preference, reference or essence.Use all to create resilience.
by Abbe Rolnick | Dec 25, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
You can’t have one without the otherTwo sides of a coinAn open and a closeInside and outsideBlack and WhiteNight and DayUp and down.Unless you stay on one side.Or shut the door tightAnd close off the light.At some pointYou’ll be the one or the other.Perspectives are...
