Companion poem for chapter 19 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter Stillness at dawn, like quietness in snow, elevates the soul for things unsettled. Frustrations so deep they can’t be isolated.Those who fear, drink to forget. Those with lossdrink to …
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Chapter 18 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem By the time del Sol bursts above the saddle between Truchas Peak and Santa Fe Baldy, Jake’s five miles into his ride along the high road to Taos. Just past the …
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Companion poem for chapter 18 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter In quiet defiance we standasking wind about the only things that matter,like why breathing for someis a challengebut a joke for others? Why rulers are allowed to make rules …
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Companion poem for chapter 17 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter The numbing weight of lifedraws down lingeringlight that once waseverything that mattered.In the darknessall that’s left isthe hope thatalternate endingsare still possible. From the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is …
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Chapter 17 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem Like every predawn morning for the past three months, Jake awakens somewhere between a memory and a dream; in that surreal purgatory, short of here and not really there. Saturday night’s …
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Companion poem to chapter 15 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter I am the frontier farmer who, like my father and his father before, dares to imagine the day when things are more fantastic. I am the clerk who never …
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Chapter 15 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Companion poem Jake snatches his birthday pistol off the table on his way to the large terracotta flowerpot just outside the tasting room entrance where Theresa strategically arranged an assortment of colorful early …
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Chapter 16 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem Jake watches Preston’s rust-riddled Range Rover disappear down the driveway before returns unevenly to the courtyard, he didn’t intend to end this exceeding long, emotionally exhausting day drunk, but after Dwayne’s …
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Companion poem for chapter 16 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter, Read original poem You are love that comes with bitter truth.The world churns on the chaos of context, where getting it right, or assuming it’s wrong, has less to …
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A few years back while on a motorcycle tour of Northern Italy, I stopped on afternoon at a sidewalk cafe in a small village for lunch. I had no idea what I ordered, but when it arrived it looked like a bowl of plain spaghetti …
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