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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Companion poem to chapter 14 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter Everything fades, which requires coming to terms with how damn hard it is to establish a new normal. Like late harvest grapes turning in the sun …
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Companion poem for chapter 13 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter, Read original poem We were there when statues crumbled.When simple people stood togetherand bled for something better.We remember the Holodomor,the callous calculating waysavages act in self interestand realize every …
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Companion poem for chapter 12 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“Read other chapter poem, read chapter There are always thosewho came before.Surviving at least untilwhat happens next.Tomorrow’s destinydetermines todayprovided you permityour soul to listenwith the wisdom of the Ancients. We seek …
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Companion poem for chapter 12 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read other chapter poem, read chapter Feathers serendipitously floatas a function of gravitycoupled with timewhile boulders predictably dropin single variable suddenness.All of life is relative,including time,which is whyin the land of …
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Companion poem for chapter 10 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter Infinite are life’s roads,often past fields laid fallow by the sun.The quietness of sparrow.The softness of cottonwood.How did we get here? Avalanches are born in unsuspecting …
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Companion poem from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Chapter, Read original poem In the absence of clairvoyancewe gamble through decisionswith as much insightas a miner undergroundwhen the lights go out.Only then can we comprehendwhat it means to be lost to the …
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Companion poem to chapter 8 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Chapter I don’t know hownot to love youany more thantouching your picturecan make you morethan a memory.Tell me quickbefore the breaking dayexposes my dreamas nothing morethan fantastic fantasy waiting for …
Read MoreThe Monte Hall Paradox
Companion poem for chapter 7 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter Cards shuffle tocrescendo’s rhythm,carrying a combinatoric almosttoo consequential to be constrained.Show me the soul of a gamblerand I’ll tell you storyyou’ll wager can’t be true.Anyone can count cardsit doesn’t …
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