This site contains selections from New & Selected Poems, 1975-2005 by Robert Ronnow, published by and available from Barnwood Press, and selections from Whole Wide World, my personal, unpublished anthology of poems by other poets from many times and places. Contact Robert Ronnow; Listen to Music; Read Blurbs
"Ronnow puts some meaning back into the term 'experimental'. . .a poet who is both idiosyncratic and based in the best elements of a literary tradition." --Lewis Turco
"Often experimental, political, sexual, emotional, but most of all surprising . . . a man and poet whose personal convictions and writing passion are not mutually exclusive."
--Alice Osborn in Pedestal Magazine
"Ronnow’s work finds 'salvation in the details'. . . New
& Selected Poems/ 1975-2005 deepens and grows more interestingly rich as it progresses, and one is left with the feeling that Ronnow’s development as both a poet and a man is ongoing. May this be said of all of us." Christy Corp-Minamiji for Blogcritics
"Untitled Improvisation" Robert Ronnow, muted cornet; Riley Sinder, piano recorded January, 1983, Brooklyn, NY
Selections from "BCC Jazz Ensemble Plays Music by Thelonius Monk", Allen Livermore, tenor saxophone; Levi Owens, alto saxophone; Robert Ronnow, trumpet; Carlton Maaia, piano; Pete Toigo, bass; Greg Bednarski, drums recorded April, 2003, Pittsfield, MA