by Orna Ross | Mar 10, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, POETRY |
It's Mother's Day… time for a poem. I've actually just come back from a trip to Ireland which has prompted a long poem about my mother and what she's facing at the moment. I'll release that one, privately for patrons, next week. For today, here's a poem for...
by Orna Ross | Mar 8, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, FICTION |
Over the next few months, I'll be doing a series of events to launch my novel series about the great activist and poet, Maud Gonne, and the poet she inspired, WB Yeats. I'm starting out at home–my new home of St Leonards on Sea, that is–with a St Patricks...
by Orna Ross | Mar 7, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, Gonne-Yeats Series |
Tomorrow is International Women's Day and I'll be using it to write to Minister for Media in Ireland about the need for a statue of Maud Gonne in Dublin. I came through Dublin today, on my way home from an unexpected visit to Ireland, and thought I’d use the...
by Orna Ross | Feb 23, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, #StatueforMaudGonne, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
Maud Gonne was a rich and powerfully connected woman who dedicated her long life to a variety of political and social causes–cultural, feminist, labor, nationalist, penal, social and spiritual emancipation. A passionate advocate for Irish and female...
by Orna Ross | Feb 18, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, POETRY |
I wanted to tell you about a new product I'm creating for my poetry followers, whereby you can commission a custom-made, personal poem written by me, for you or a loved one. You can purchase the card either as a standalone, or accompanied by an associated poetry book....
by Orna Ross | Feb 9, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, #StatueforMaudGonne, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
Does Maud Gonne deserve a statue in Dublin? Of course she does and a group of writers and readers, artists and historians, are starting a campaign to bring this long overdue monument into being in a prominent Dublin location. We believe Maud Gonne deserves this public...