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This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Fire

June 26, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

July 24, 2022June 24, 2022 by Orna Ross

Althea Gyles, the artist and writer who designed the cover of WB Yeats’s The Secret Rose (which I reproduced on my … Read more

July 24, 2022June 17, 2022 by Orna Ross

This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction series about … Read more

June 12, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

August 25, 2022June 10, 2022 by Orna Ross

I’ve been thinking a lot about hurting and healing lately — as I approach the end of the first draft … Read more

June 5, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

June 29, 2022June 3, 2022 by Orna Ross

One thing I love about writing historical fiction is doing the research. I often have to stop myself digging too … Read more

March 21, 2024May 30, 2022 by Orna Ross

If you don’t already know, my Yeats-Gonne book Her Secret Rose (first published in 2015) has morphed into a Yeats-Gonne … Read more

May 29, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

June 29, 2022May 20, 2022 by Orna Ross

Fancy taking part in this historical fiction giveaway from The History Quill? Five great historical fiction writers (and me). Six … Read more

May 26, 2022May 15, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

May 8, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

July 4, 2022May 6, 2022 by Orna Ross

It’s a busy month. We’ve agreed an offer on our house and so we will be packing up our home … Read more

August 25, 2022May 1, 2022 by Orna Ross

I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more

August 25, 2022April 29, 2022 by Orna Ross

This is an extract from the first book in my Yeats-Gonne series, A Life Before This One, a biographical fiction … Read more