Robert Ronnow's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Robert Ronnow  —  There are currently 6 poems total — keep up the great work!

Something

Something created. Does the creator think ahead
or spill a storm. Rain happens. We supply the
reasons. Evaporation of water collecting over
huge expanses, condensed and pushed as clouds
over the land. We say it makes us sad or depressed.
We...

– by Robert Ronnow

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The Listener

New York City is where people who are
disappearing go. It is very quiet
here, silent. A man and woman
made love below me. I could hear
the bedsprings ringing and the
woman singing in sensual pain.
My thoughts sped up as they humped
faster....

– by Robert Ronnow

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thesis: strength endures

thesis: strength endures voids and emptiness.
strength constructs no homes (antithesis:

if your house leaks then on swollen days
in sullen seasons there is no home for you)

there is endless repetitious women’s strength
enduring endlessly...

– by Robert Ronnow

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This looks like jump to me

You are a cockroach

you are a big cockroach crawling up a pegboard
the kitchen light suddenly shines
and you must get through to the other side
but testing every evenly spaced hole you find
your shoulders will never fit
and to get away...

– by Robert Ronnow

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Mirrors

like to dress for an imaginary girl
(we will meet each other soon) by putting on
a silk tie with subtle Chinese birds
sewn in.
she may be picturing me in her mirror
as she applies exactly the necessary line
of mascara to lengthen her lashes...

– by Robert Ronnow

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Night

Whereas last night the full moon made the night
      resemble a cold day
Today clouds give the night its old shrouded, crowding
      demeanor.
Ghosts stalk the forest gleaming (at me) from just
      beyond the circle of light thrown by the fire....

– by Robert Ronnow

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added 8 years ago
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