by Orna Ross | Dec 8, 2013 | The Rest |
Yeats's near contemporary, TS Eliot, also pictures Christmas through the lens of the magi, though his are more human, more physical, occupying a poem full of the mundane details of travel: snow, lack of decent shelter, cursing camel-men, hostile cities and towns,...
by Orna Ross | Nov 17, 2013 | The Rest |
From now until the Sunday after Christmas, the blog's Sunday poetry slot will be given over to a selection from Poetry for Christmas. This week, Anne Sexton's “Christmas Eve”, takes us into the searing heart of a complex mother-daughter relationship. The...
by Orna Ross | Oct 24, 2013 | The Rest |
Creative presence is the simple act of yielding to, rather than opposing, blocking or running away from, the flow of life. It is inherently linked with the present, the moment we call “Now”. To be present, to summon creative presence, is to drop deeply...