Poem by R.M. Dolin, April 2025, read other poems I sometimes maybethink about you baby,you’re all I needto crush my insincerityand what little is leftof my sanity. From the R.M. Dolin novel, “An Unsustainable Life.” Issac laments the woman and life he left in Chicago …
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R.M. Dolin, March 15, 2025, read other poems We’ve been here beforeand now is not a time for laughterWind warns knowing he won’t listen.The path is clearwhen often traveledbut dangerously easy tooverlook signs to guide your way.He chooses to believe,as he always does,the heart finds …
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Poem from Chapter 11 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation, Read chapter, Other chapter poem In the mist of my moment, rain doesn’t matter anymore than forgotten footsteps disappearing down uneven cobblestones once guiding me home. You still come to me in whispers, …
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Companion poem for chapter 9 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read chapter Predators move in predictable patterns leading you to believe in your struggle to survive,everything happens for a purposecausing you to foolishly assume in the endit somehow always works out.The balance we strive …
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Companion poem to chapter 21 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter What became of the roadwe struggled so hard to travel,what happens after the endof our last longest day?I still believe,even after all that’s happened,we will once again be togethereven …
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Companion poem for chapter 20 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read other companion poem, read chapter You are my angle,taking your share of me,from me,in deep breaths and tender touchesthat are nothing more than memories too treasured to ever be real.Your …
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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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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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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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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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