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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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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