Robert Ronnow : Writing

Cast a cold eye and wait

Cast a cold eye and wait

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


What do you thinkof the man peeing, the ever-shitting mouse?Finding meaning in killingand cleaning house.Sal quit school,your lover stops writing.Eter..
Caterpillar fur

Caterpillar fur

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Spring is sprung.Clouds of maple.Skies of pine.Red in green.Serviceberry understory.Spring is sprung.Skunk cabbage spathe.Black birch sap.Poplar flowe..
Certain days

Certain days

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Certain days planned to be eventfulI look forward to for weeks, settingand characters, and the work days march forwardtoward the horrible or pleasurab..
Chambermaid With Ravens

Chambermaid With Ravens

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The Aberdeen bus arrives, deposits and boardsthe same people daily. One is the dark-hairedchambermaid at the tourist lodge, awkwardin her print dress ..
Change

Change

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


I am feeling the shock of fast change. How to cope with it is of course the question. Listen to Beethoven through the neighbor's window? Look up..
Chinese Sonnets

Chinese Sonnets

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


IThese days I forgive myself everything. After allI'm alone and unhappy so I give myself a little treatwhenever possible. On summer nights I remembert..
Cities in Flight

Cities in Flight

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


InCities in Flighttransformations are chronicled over generations.It can make us cryout for the genius occurringnow and in our past. Howthe unseen, un..
Cleaning Out Their House

Cleaning Out Their House

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Pocket knives, tape measures.An extensive collection of coins.Nails, screws, numerous sizes, and setsof nail clippers, files, polishes and brushes.Sho..
Communicating the Bird

Communicating the Bird

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


How many poetry books = 1 Nissan Pathfinder exhaust system.How many bluebirds? Money is how we thank people for what makes them specialHow we express ..
Cosmo's Moon

Cosmo's Moon

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The only problem with 'Moonstruck'is Cosmo's moon could never be so large in winter,stand for luck.Mid-winter sledding brought joysnow, speed, althoug..