by Orna Ross | Jun 17, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, #StatueforMaudGonne |
UPDATED JULY 8 2024: This campaign aims to connect a body of people who intend to see Maud Gonne honoured with a statue in Dublin. January 2: a group of readers and writers, artists and historians began to investigate why Maud Gonne had not been honored with a statue...
by Orna Ross | Jun 13, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, POETRY |
Back to my old London haunts tonight, as a guest #poet at the #WBYeats birthday poetry night hosted by @anne_marie_fyfe and Cahal Dallat, with special guest @thejeremyvine …plus guest poets. We were asked to do a “heart poem”. I chose this one, a sonnet I...
by Orna Ross | Jun 7, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, #StatueforMaudGonne |
Maud Gonne, an extraordinary figure in Irish history, has received some acknowledgement for her contributions to Ireland's political and cultural landscape. As an ardent nationalist, suffragist, and muse to W.B. Yeats and many others, Gonne's legacy is profound and...
by Orna Ross | Jun 3, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS |
Welcome to June, the middle month of the year. Solstice month, the summer solstice for us in England (June 21st). Father's Day month (June 16th). Juneteenth month (19 June). And a month in which history will be commemorating the D-Day landings which happened on June...
by Orna Ross | Jun 2, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, POETRY |
This poem was prompted by the latest news from Gaza and Ukraine. I tried to do a short introduction to the poem but I find I have no words, except the words it contains. Again On the beach at the battle of Clontarf, a thousand years ago today, warriors fell like...
by Orna Ross | May 24, 2024 | - NON-PATRON POSTS, #StatueforMaudGonne, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
You are invited to the More Than A Muse Online Meetup, an evening of literary exploration and creative collaboration on Wednesday, 12th June, at 7 PM UK time. The event will include our first #StatueforMaudGonne “uncommittee” meeting. More Than A Muse...