Poem by R.M. Dolin, May 16, 2025 Read Other Poems Everything I need to knowwas long ago foretoldin the flatline distance of your smile.Still the same,a resolute heart is allowedto hear the background beatof darkening thunder masqueradingas melodic melodies.Wind still brings mewhispers of your softness,touching …
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Poem by R.M. Dolin, May 5, 2025, Read Other Poems At least for now, my soul’s a sailor, a heart devoid of harbor wandering whimsically on the leeward side of solitude with no one other me to lace my mind with worry. There’s a suddenness …
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Poem by R.M. Dolin, April 2025, Read other poems I sometimes maybethink about you baby,you crush my insincerityand what little is leftof my sanity. From the R.M. Dolin novel, “An Unsustainable Life.” Issac gets cute one night while bartending and invents a limerick while flirting …
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R.M. Dolin, March 15, 2025, read other poems “We’ve been here beforeand now is not a time for laughter,”Wind 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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