Robert Ronnow : Writing

To Eat a Continent Is Not So Strange

To Eat a Continent Is Not So Strange

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


1Waves could wash away certain blue memories but they're too blue. Today I've sat in two places, my heart full of you and how in the night under a hal..
To Fail Well

To Fail Well

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Fowl meadow grass �"-- Glyceria striata -- �"the striationson the lemma. Drooping rachisa weeping willow of a grass.Recurring ..
To Have Loved Mary

To Have Loved Mary

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Today is Sunday and I'm going to the oceanor maybe not. Definitely not doing the laundryor maybe I will. Moss and even a small treegrow in the rotten ..
Toy story

Toy story

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Bright and politekids. Deferentialsquirrels. Leaders ofleaders. Each manhis own manliving with his mate.The great and the small,all, the state. ..
Troy and Trinity

Troy and Trinity

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Learning disabled, hopelessly unemployedTroy can't write the address for his next interview.Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.His girl..
Two Hawks

Two Hawks

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Two hawks aloftcrows anxious banding togetherneighbor comes over to my croft, likes the warm weather, Novembera California Christmas and maybe species..
Two White Wines

Two White Wines

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Dinner with old friends:salmon with red cabbage, asparagus, Caesar's salad, penne with broccoli, two white wines.Jane Jacobs could analyze how it al..
Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


In Ulzana's Raid,the Native- and European-American concepts of property ownershipand rightsare incompatible and irresolvable. McIntoshhad no illusions..
Uncertainty

Uncertainty

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


There cannot be two identical things in the world. Twohydrogen atomsoffer infinite locations within their shells for electrons.Thus, nothing can be de..
Undersky Sleeping, Housekeeping

Undersky Sleeping, Housekeeping

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


In the holy spotwith a sitting rock,an oak. In backyards, shagbark hickory and maple.Ants climb the rock.August, birdscelebrate floweringweeds, the se..