Robert Ronnow : Writing

Searching for Symbols in a Town Without a River

Searching for Symbols in a Town Without a River

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


I begin the day buying yogurt in a smallfavorite grocery store. The clerka man of few pretenses was making jokesabout his wife, how they fight in bed...
The seasons inure us to loss

The seasons inure us to loss

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The seasons inure us to losswhether a vote of confidenceor no confidencewe are neither more nor lessin our hearts and souls. We are stillwhole, histor..
The Self

The Self

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


What kind of day was it. Cleanthe house. Notice the full moon.Read a sheaf of old poems.Listen to jazz tunes. Open mail.Refuse to make of it morethan ..
Shade

Shade

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Your past, your romantic past, is a shadow. Like all towns, Port Angeles was a combination of rain and clouds, sun and mist, with a chamber of c..
Shape of the Institution

Shape of the Institution

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


I have the shape of the institution.Each email address is a human.They are known by their words and actions.The whole wide world is just a fractionof ..
The snail will get to Easter just as soon

The snail will get to Easter just as soon

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Faulkner's comment, I imagine himtossing it off like Yogi Berra between gamesof a doubleheader. The hero, the expert, the virtuosohas no real control,..
Snake Creek

Snake Creek

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Tired body aches. Long walk on starry night�"ears attuned for bear at creek, or cougar.Nothing, not a doe. But that afternoon..
South Bronx

South Bronx

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


While I'm reading a poem about it on the previous pagethe girls come over to visit their boyfriends and dancein high shoes and perfume. Their legs are..
Stay together. Learn the flowers. Go light.

Stay together. Learn the flowers. Go light.

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


1At peace perhaps too mucha fine Spring rainwe seek news from the desert or capitolof those who have dedicated their lives to losing their lives for u..
Sub-atomic particles

Sub-atomic particles

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


Sub-atomic particlesthe atoms they formmolecules, cell organellescells, machinery of lifeorgans, organismscommunities and ecosystemsplanets, solar sys..