Companion poem for chapter 8 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read original poem, Read chapter Chance wanders west hoping to simplify and find distance. It’s a difficult and desperate journey to right now, fraught with fear, uncertainty, and a need to find balance between …
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Chapter 8 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem When Chance left Wyoming, it was in a hurry, his life irreversibly altered. That it happened in a snowstorm only complicates matters and compounds the toll. His rapid departure from the high mountain town …
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Companion poem for chapter 7 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read chapter Darkness is never really intended to bepart of our design but without it,how can we ever hopeto appreciate light.Evil lurks in all men’s soulsand keeping it corralled is our apex struggle.With convincing …
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Chapter 7 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem Miguel remains at his safe house for days after the incident with the dead Texan, mostly to firm up his alibi, but also to do some needed retraining on his remaining staff. The nice …
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Companion poem for chapter 6 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem, read chapter We all have emotions attached to sounds and images. An unexpected song, a forgotten photo, a voice we haven’t heard in years. Memories waiting to be touched. Love is …
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Chapter 6 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem Jake and Armando know they need to be careful, Padre’s discerning grin and eerie propensity to know way more about everything going on in the valley than anyone should, causes them to over-censor anything …
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Chapter 5 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem In a pattern that’s quickly becoming routine, Quando trots into Jake’s room an hour after sunup, stops at the side of the bed, leans in with a grin that looks like a laugh, and …
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Companion poem for chapter 5 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read chapter What becomes of a dreamer after dreams come true, what’s left for lovers when time and distance separate you. Can anything conquer a heart in repair, or are we left to wander …
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Companion poem for chapter 4 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read original poem, read chapter Old oaks yearn to yield more freelyto the Santa Anna’s, just a dust blows through tracks as rapidly as they’re laid in the same sad way our past cascades …
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Old oaks yearn to yield more freelyto the Santa Anna’s. Dust blows through tracks as rapidlyas they’re laid the same way our past cascades over acollision of words left unspoken and moments allowed to pass.Easy memories are seldom retained,which is why we grow hard in …
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