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In this first episode of the Go Creatiive! Podcast, novelist and poet Orna Ross introduces herself as a creative and creativist, and explains what to expect from her new solo podcast, for authors, artists and everyone.
Thinking of Easter, and of Eostre –the old goddess of spring and fertility who gave the celebration her name–along came another spring poem. I’ve called it “April in England” and to leave this one open to everyone.
(Sorry patrons, but I’ll have a new exclusive for you next week). Enjoy, all. And happy Easter. It’s my favorite time of the year, and this year it coincides with my birthday.
As they say in Ireland, Beannachtaí na Cásca ort! (May the blessings of Easter be on you).
Thank you for attending my St Patrick’s Day talk “More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats” at Kino-Teatr, St Leonards on Sea
Maud Gonne was a formidable activist and generous philanthropist, whose feminism and nationalism altered the course of Irish history, but she is still best known as the muse of the first Irish nobel laureate for literature, the great poet WB Yeats. This post is about some of the poems she inspired.
It’s Mother’s Day… time for a poem. I’ve actually just come back from a trip to Ireland which has prompted … Read more
First in 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’ll be doing online events mostly, but I’m starting at home, closing out the Irish Film week at Kino-Teatr with a talk: More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats. Kino-Teatr is a magical corner of culture and they are currently fundraising.
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and I’ll be using it to write to Minister for Media in Ireland about the … Read more
I believe Maud Gonne deserves public honor from Dublin for her social and political achievements yes, but her statue is particularly timely now. She embodies the sort of objections those in power use to keep out those who are different–female, queer, colored, disabled or outsidered in some other way. As a young woman she was dismissed as a rich English spy or a self-serving drama queen by unsympathetic nationalists. After she died she was dubbed a liar by unsympathetic scholars. In between she was always seen as “too” something. Too bloodthirsty, too divorced, too radical, too English, too feminist, too self-promoting, too extreme, too pathetic. Today, she is too anti-Semitic. The “More Than A Muse” campaign will highlight not just her many achievements but also the many ways she was unduly vilified.
I wanted to tell you about a new product I’m creating for my poetry followers, whereby you can commission a custom-made, personal poetry gift card written by me, for you or a loved one.