Poem by R.M. Dolin, July 29, 2025Read Other Poems I’m pretty damn sure I left what’s left of my shattered heart in a place I no longer travel, a treasured sanctuary of what was,where the long-ago of yesterday comforts me with fondness, quenching my thirst …
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Poem by R.M. Dolin, July 15, 2025Read Other Poems Don’t sympathize my silence with surrender. Don’t assume an ability to recognize an inability to alter outcomes wavers as weakness. Don’t allow the apparent absence of outrage to suggest a lack of empathy or desire for …
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Essay by R.M. Dolin, July 14, 2025Read Other Essays, Read Writing, Read Poems For years I’ve been playing poker with the same eclectic group of guys who are all highly educated current or former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and engineers. Because of work and/or …
Read MoreMoments 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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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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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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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 ancient cobblestonesthat once walked me home. The mask I wear runs from an uncaring rain in rivulets …
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Poem by R.M. Dolin, June 20, 2025Read Other Poems I don’t know why I stand at the edge of my forest marveling at the metamorphose of shadows under the confluence of clouds crossing the sun soaked sky. They dance like mischief on the edge of …
Read MoreThe 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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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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