Robert Ronnow : Writing

Negotiation

Negotiation

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Chipmunks, squirrels collectingbitternut hickory, chirpingagainst a small owl cruisinglow beneath the trees.Everyone has gone this morningto school or..
New Mind

New Mind

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The mind is the bodypaying attention to whatit is seeing and doing.Morning tea, unemployedwas one thing twenty years agoand another now, two babies.Ye..
Night

Night

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Whereas last night the full moon made the night resemble a cold dayToday clouds give the night its old shrouded, crowding demeanor.Ghosts stalk the fo..
Night Drive Home

Night Drive Home

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Night drive homeno cars behind or aheadthe day had been satisfyingvictories, compromises, achievementshalf hour to homebubble of warm air and lightmov..
Nineteen Minutes to Bedtime

Nineteen Minutes to Bedtime

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Jack just had a big fight with his son Zach about it. He saidI'm tired of hearing how you're too tired to do your homework. You'renot too tired to pla..
No cows to look at

No cows to look at

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


No cows to look atI hear the truck trafficEverything changes like cloudsThe page this poem is on burnsComing from the funeral with friendsTalking on t..
Not enough heat

Not enough heat

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Not enough heat. Snow. Cold. and now rainon Tuesday morning. traffic sloshes to work.it is cloudy for the second straight day. the snowwas magical onl..
Not like a figwort

Not like a figwort

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Not like a figwort but not an aster, either. Could he be a buttercupwith sepals, no petals, but sepals like petals? Alan is a bluebeech,an ash if his ..
Occupied

Occupied

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


As a boy, I'd find my fathersitting in the pitch dark living room,cigarette aglow, as I'd passfrom my bed to the bathroom.Did the boy consider, at tha..
October Sky

October Sky

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The teacher dies having made her small contributionto the colonization of other planets by motivatinga boy who would otherwise be a coal miner to beco..