Robert Ronnow : Writing

Long As You're Living

Long As You're Living

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Quiet morning.Successful surgery.No tv!Watch weather.Do nothing.Be nameless.Suppose cows.Scare crows.Harmless habits.Armless robot.Like a delusion.A l..
A Job in the Garden of Eden

A Job in the Garden of Eden

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


In a strong marriage, a long marriagemuch cannot be said, should not be said.The spots on one's skin will be wisely ignored.Differences of opinion are..
Mortal Poets

Mortal Poets

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Which is it: you can't get started unlessyou're riding some current bigger than your reporting voiceor the best time to write is when you don't have m..
Derivatives With Limits

Derivatives With Limits

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Working over Birk’s Works and other tunes my saxophonist admires--Cheesecake, Blackbird--for the theoretical, applied mathematicsinside an abstr..
Aaron's Coconut

Aaron's Coconut

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Start the day. In what waywas the cold spring, last wet summer aglobal warning, indicator. Saysone commentator on the op-ed page, thedislocations, war..
Morsel of Biomass

Morsel of Biomass

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Negligible morsel of biomass my fat belly, formerly abs
Problems

Problems

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Problems many of which are not getting solvednot because I'm not resolved but because I delayto savor the day, the moon and the seasonwhich is why I'm..
Netflix, Hulu

Netflix, Hulu

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Neftlix, Hulu, autumn elaeagnusthorns, small hairy buds, twigs hyper-lenticelledfruits supposedly edible, leaves elongated, oblongxerophytic but found..
What Have I Seen?

What Have I Seen?

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


1Sunrise, late winterskunk smellturkey flockplayful otter, too.The white herona great blue,white phase,in the abandoned beaver pond.Purple clematisits..
While Sleeping

While Sleeping

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Spring peepersstop peeping. A satellitecrosses sky. One peeper keeps peepingin time to the satellite blinking, an eye.Deep thinking.I crosses sky. One..