by Orna Ross | Jan 19, 2025 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
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by Orna Ross | Jan 15, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
‘Why don’t you come to the Winter School?” asked Martin Enright, one of the keenest supporters of our Maud Gonne statue project last year. I’ve just booked. It’s the 30th year of the school, hosted by the Sligo Park Hotel who say that, “The Yeats Winter School...
by Orna Ross | Nov 4, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
A quick note to let you know that the blog and The Go Creative! Podcast are taking a break while we work on a website upgrade. Our aim is to make this space a more welcoming hub. A place where you can more easily buy and browse books, enjoy the blog and podcast, and...
by Orna Ross | Oct 21, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction, Poetry |
Hello from Ireland! I was full of vim and vigor last time I wrote, but have since been hit by a life wobble, which is why your newsletter is arriving so much later than usual. My 88-year-old mother was taken ill a couple of weeks ago. We managed to keep her out of...
by Orna Ross | Oct 20, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
The prompt for this month’s Indie Poetry Please invites you to explore colour in poetry. What colours inspire you? How do they shape your world? Use this prompt to infuse your verse with vibrancy, contrast, or subtlety—looking forward to reading how your words paint a...
by Orna Ross | Oct 18, 2024 | Fiction |
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by Orna Ross | Oct 13, 2024 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
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by Orna Ross | Oct 11, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Go Creative! |
As part of the Kickstarter campaign to see a street statue of Maud Gonne in Dublin, I offered a creative retreat as one of the rewards. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about this retreat. What are the dates for the creative retreat? The retreat...
by Orna Ross | Oct 6, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
After a hiatus we’re returning to the #IndiePoetryPlease competition on Instagram. And September's winner is Mary Walsh @marelwa60, for her poem “Station Lane”. Congratulations to Mary! Her poem wins her a copy of Creative Self-Publishing and of my most...
by Orna Ross | Sep 29, 2024 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
I'm working on a book of bereavement poetry and a poetry kit for humanist celebrants and grief counsellors. I'm not sure exactly which poems will go into this, but here's a new one that may fit. Let me know your thoughts. Asking Answer I've heard it said that when we...