Robert Ronnow : Writing

The End of Faith

The End of Faith

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Two thoughts come to mind this morning.The deficiencies in our systems of governance�"-local, global-�"and the first two pages..
Enduring Spinning: Agriculture, Culture and War

Enduring Spinning: Agriculture, Culture and War

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


You can feel it spinning fastthe Chinese, Japanese, American and European junkorbiting at several thousand miles per hour could ..
Enemies

Enemies

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


I cultivated at least two enemies yesterdaythe enemies I wantedI wanted them to be angry instead of memy attitude being I don't care I'll do as I plea..
Engineers

Engineers

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Engineers knowto build in redundancieswhen lives dependnot necessarily exact replicas of the primary unitbut systems whose secondary functionis to car..
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


I'm thinking about rhyme and meterbut also my kidneys and my liver.The nation-state and the failed stateand whether killers should be executedor forgi..
Eye of the tropical January sun

Eye of the tropical January sun

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Exercising belief about unknowns.Makes sense to take your best guess.Using history, numbers, extrapolation.Getting the trajectory right for re-entry.F..
Family of Weasels

Family of Weasels

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


On last night's news I heardof an engineer named K_____ whoinvented the microchip and changedour lives. How the chip now containsa billion circuits wh..
For Spring No Hesitation Is Great

For Spring No Hesitation Is Great

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Today is April 1st. Transit strike.Mayor Koch accepting the fact. Myself,far from crisis central, in NorthManhattan, measuring the temperatureof my ap..
The force that placed us here cannot be trusted

The force that placed us here cannot be trusted

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


At dinner, Zach asksabout our nation's history, wars.I say We're taking on everyone, one at a time.First Britain, then Britain again: "He was the surl..
Words/Day

Words/Day

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


You'll soon lose interest in walkingand talking and wearing the capof a fool. You'll. Words: walk, talk, wear, cap, fool, you, soon, lose.Idea!: Fo..