by Orna Ross | Aug 22, 2021 | POETRY |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “The Miracle of Reading” Those who give are never alone And she had given over two great gifts: her attention and her imagination the great present of her presence. Those who receive are never alone and she...
by Orna Ross | Aug 20, 2021 | FICTION |
Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind (Book 4 of the Yeats-Gonne series), based on a true story about the controversial love triangle between WB Yeats, his longtime muse Maud Gonne, and her daughter Iseult. As three...
by Orna Ross | Aug 15, 2021 | POETRY |
I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, I post the poem that has got the most Insta likes. If you’re on Instagram, let’s follow each other. You’ll find my account Orna Ross.poetry here....
by Orna Ross | Aug 8, 2021 | POETRY |
I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, I post the poem that has got the most Insta likes. If you’re on Instagram, let’s follow each other. You’ll find my account Orna Ross.poetry here....
by Orna Ross | Aug 3, 2021 | FICTION |
“Poets should never marry,” Maud Gonne told WB Yeats shortly before she, without telling him, became engaged to another. “The world should thank me for not marrying you.” The other man was John MacBride, in every way WB's opposite. A soldier instead...