Robert Ronnow : Writing

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..
Of Judith and Inanna

Of Judith and Inanna

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


For the accountant, the librarian, on this cold daythere is no revelation. He will go his own wayto the roar of the tinnitus in his ears.About our war..
Oh Pilot Me

Oh Pilot Me

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


RNA or DNA polymerase, an enzyme, protein, attracted topromoter molecules in the polypeptide chain causing a zippermotion and transcription of the cod..
Okay Love

Okay Love

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Dear Robert I'm enclosing the warranty for your shaver In caseanything should happen I've circled the address where to bri..
The Ordinary Care of Providence

The Ordinary Care of Providence

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Madison's defense of the establishment clause to the Virginia legislature:Religion both existed and flourished, not only without the support of human ..