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A Damn Fine Cabernet

Essay by R.M. Dolin, July 14, 2025Read Other Essays, Read Writing, Read Poems I play poker with an eclectic group of guys who have been doing this for many years. Because we’re all highly educated and either currently work for, or retired from, the Los …

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A Damn Fine Cabernet, Commentary, Truth and Trust in CrisisJuly 15, 2025July 15, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Moments of Regret

Poem by R.M. Dolin, July 13, 2025Read other Poems It should not matter more, the things we say in moments of regret, when weighed against tender thoughts and emotions that never find their way to you. I cry each time I beg Godto give me …

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An Unsustainable Life, Moments of Regret, Poems from 2025July 13, 2025July 14, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Whispered Laughter

Poem by R.M. Dolin, July 11, 2025Read Other Poems At first it was fear I thought I saw before believing it’s only trepid hesitation. With the passing of time I’m forced to find, as painful as it is, leaving is what’s really in your eyes, …

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An Unsustainable Life, Poems from 2025July 12, 2025July 14, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Shadows About to Collide

Chapter 1 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “An Unsustainable Life,” June 2, 2025Read Companion Poem Darwin awkwardly hops out the curb side of his taxi mindful to miss the torrent of water cresting the curb like a high-tide surf while chastising himself for foolishly believing …

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An Unsustainable Life, Shadows About to CollideJune 28, 2025July 5, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Caught In the Rain

Poem by R.M. Dolin, June 20, 2025 Read other Poems I’ve become a clownish metaphor of my own malaise, forced to smile while skirting wind swept puddles on wet cobblestonesthat once walked me home. The mask I wear runs from an uncaring rain in rows …

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Caught In the Rain, Poems from 2025June 21, 2025July 4, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Like Shadows About to Collide

Poem by R.M. Dolin, June 20, 2025Read Other Poems I don’t know why I stand at the open edge of my forest marveling at the metamorphose of shadows under the influence of clouds crossing the sun soaked sky. They dance like mischief on the edge …

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An Unsustainable Life, Poems from 2025June 20, 2025July 4, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

The Answer Behind the Answer

Essay by R.M. Dolin, June 16, 2025 You ask me why I no longer blog about politics expecting an elevator answer. I’ve given it a lot of thought and my answer’s the same now as when I stopped. The easy out is that the world’s …

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Essay, Why I WriteJune 16, 2025July 1, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Why I Write

Poem by R.M. Dolin, June 13, 2025 Read Other Poems I will always be a romantic cherishing love over money. An idealist refusing to be engulfed or enslaved by darkness and hatred. The lost enigma God made of me, and for that I write to …

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Poems from 2025June 14, 2025July 2, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

The Grand Illusion

Poem by R.M. Dolin, June 4, 2025 Read Other Poems Even if I could, even if I wanted to, I don’t have a way to explain any of this to anyone, including myself. You, more than anyone I know, deserve peace and happiness, the grandest …

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Poems from 2025, The Grand IllusionJune 4, 2025July 2, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

Certain Beauty

Poem by R.M. Dolin, May 30, 2025 Read Other Poems There’s a certain beauty in sadness, lonely echoes of diminishing quietawaken the invisible soul we keep only for ourselves because it draws you inwardthe same subtle waywatching sunset’s orange glow pierce the smoke-filled skyof a …

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Certain Beauty, Poems from 2025June 2, 2025June 21, 2025 By R. M. Dolin

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