by Orna Ross | Jul 21, 2021 | FICTION |
Like all young women of her class and time, Maud Gonne was raised to have a wide variety of accomplishments—singing, acting, writing, painting and more. Her pictures have appeared widely and a short while ago, a rare piece of creative writing surfaced. “A Life's...
by Orna Ross | Jul 18, 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 | Jul 11, 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 | Jul 9, 2021 | FICTION |
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in Dublin, and the three characters we first met in Her Secret Rose are deeply unsettled. The world famous poet, WB Yeats, “having come to 50 years” has decided...
by Orna Ross | Jul 8, 2021 | FICTION |
The best poetry reading I ever attended took place at the Abbey Theatre in 1992. Reading this Irish Times article Irish Women's Poetry: Making and Remaking History by Ailbhe Darcy took me back there. “Women poets have always done crucial work in our national...