Robert Ronnow : Writing

The Perfect Year

The Perfect Year

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The perfect year,two equal halves.One with leavesone without.Forest thinning out.Bring indoorsswing sets, pools, smiles, thoughts.Having enough and no..
Peter has gotten a new job

Peter has gotten a new job

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Peter has gotten a new jobas a bookstore clerk from one to tendown by the riverin a sunny little house.I've come to visit and I'm thumbing througha bo..
Plate Tectonics Versus Gamma Ray Bursters

Plate Tectonics Versus Gamma Ray Bursters

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


An old man remembers what he has beenyet the details are unimportant. Thenthe outline disappears, and the meaning.Good, I can die or go to work, be wi..
Pokeweed Waits

Pokeweed Waits

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Pokeweed waitsunderground, snow crustssmall greenish white flowers, leaves entireand alternate, black berriespoisonous, ripe late.Waits patiently past..
Polar Bear Mugs Wino

Polar Bear Mugs Wino

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Have I ever been profoundly lost? Yes. Railroad tracks and a river wide as the Amazon, yet lost. Living in the intense sunshine of northern New ..
Popper v. Niebuhr

Popper v. Niebuhr

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


All conflicts are resolved via coercion, implied or applied,of the dominant party over the denied (Niebuhr).Not news at the 2nd St. jail. But the Cons..
Prose

Prose

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Prose is unpretentious, that's its attraction. Avoids bombast of line breaks but forgoes -- what --�" perfect rest. Anyway today, a Novemb..
Providence

Providence

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


In disaster and war moviesthe protagonist (Queen) and her immediate circleare protected from anonymous death. They may die (one by one or all at once)..
Rain

Rain

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Five days of steady rain. A hurricane approaches the city. The streets are flooding but the wildlife is thriving. Every person wears a raincoat ..
The Recent and Long Dead

The Recent and Long Dead

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


November is sweet, sunshine through bare trees, dry brown and fungus-free leaves companionably visiting among the deadas I did yesterday our town's ..