by Orna Ross | Aug 11, 2019 | Poetry |
In the poetry slot this Sunday: a poem inspired by Alan Watts' wedding vows as read by my friend and publishing colleague Jane Friedman, author mentor, publishing columnist and one of the people I most admire in the writing and publishing business. I actually wrote...
by Orna Ross | Aug 4, 2019 | Poetry |
This week’s inspirational poetry: Font of Silence. When I met The Hub many moons ago, in a pub in Dublin that we used to visit there was an old couple we used to notice, or a couple who seemed old to us then, they were probably younger than we are now. They used to...
by Orna Ross | Jul 28, 2019 | Poetry |
My daughter and I took a trip to the Kiss My Genders Exhibition at The Hayward Gallery (more about this in Tuesday’s Create Date) and there was a booth playing the old pride anthem “I Am What I Am”. Daughter started to dance and I managed to capture the moment on...
by Orna Ross | Jul 14, 2019 | Poetry |
Pic by Hu Chen @huchenme Sunday is poetry day on my blog. This week's inspirational poetry: First Time FIRST TIME One day old. As we, with your mother, stare and ache at the soft, open throb of your bald and vulnerable skull translucent at your gossamer brows, your...
by Orna Ross | Apr 14, 2019 | Poetry |
On my Patreon Page, I offer new poems exclusively to my patrons for three months. This three—month exclusivity period is now over for this poem, first published back on Dec 1 2018. So here it is as this week's inspirational poetry: The Long Memoried Sea. The poem...
by Orna Ross | Feb 24, 2019 | Poetry |
Sunday is poetry day on the blog, and also on my Patreon Page. So welcome to this week's inspirational poetry: Writer At Work, one specially for the writers among you. I wrote this poem some years ago but revised it slightly for Keepers, my latest collection. I hope...