Robert Ronnow : Writing

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 ..
Rereading

Rereading

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Rereading the poems of othersand my own. Community acrosstime and graves. What's leftexceeds in significanceone's last moment. Yethis last moment must..
Ricardo's Lunch

Ricardo's Lunch

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


5th Ave. was shoulder to shoulder withhungry lunch-seeking business menand women. Ricardo unpackedhis horn nervously and a foot cymbal.Spring, early s..
Robot-Assisted Surgery

Robot-Assisted Surgery

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Appointment to have organ removed by robot-assisted surgeon.Air-conditioned, no mosquitoes in the OR. When you arriveYou'll remove all your clothes. N..
The Rwandan dead

The Rwandan dead

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


News photo of the Rwandan deadbobbing naked at the baseof waterfall. Wide hips and narrowshoulders, surely a young woman oncesexually active. No solut..
The Scariest Stanza in All of Poetry

The Scariest Stanza in All of Poetry

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Numerous number systems beyond the real:complex numbers, octonions, omnions which can eat whole black holes.It's axiomatic that your personal history,..
The Scientific Way To Do Mathematics

The Scientific Way To Do Mathematics

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


As air and leaf litter are substrate for the bird.And what makes a human. Separation from the substrate.Believing the substrate and the subject are se..