by Orna Ross | Feb 28, 2020 | FICTION |
Maud and Iseult Gonne are living in Normandy, taking refuge from the war in Paris, when they hear that John MacBride, Maud's husband, has been executed. This leaves Maud frantic to get back to Ireland. She dispatches Iseult to London, to fetch their friend, the poet...
by Orna Ross | Jan 19, 2020 | POETRY |
Some poems (not many) arrive complete. Most take days, maybe weeks, sometimes even months to get to that state of completeness where no more can be done. They are as pure and as perfect as they're ever going to be. Some just won't let go. They keep asking for...
by Orna Ross | Jan 10, 2020 | FICTION |
The story has shifted to 1916. Maud and Iseult are living in Normandy, as the first world war wages and in Dublin, Irish freedom fighters have organized a botched insurrection. Many of their Irish friends and acquaintances were involved. This extract describes what...
by Orna Ross | Dec 24, 2019 | POETRY |
Happy Holidays Creatives and Creativists! I hope you’ll be enjoying a special and happy time over the sparkly season. Below is a seasonal poem that my patrons won't mind, I think, if I share more widely, though it is not due for general release for another few weeks....
by Orna Ross | Dec 8, 2019 | POETRY |
My Poetry for Christmas collection has been updated to take in a new poem, which you can access now either by supporting my Patreon page or buying the book. If you hurry, you can order a special signed edition which I'll mail to you in time. (Email Sarah:...
by Orna Ross | Dec 1, 2019 | POETRY |
This month's exclusive poem for patrons is a Christmas poem “Soaring”, inspired by the Chrismas lights on Picadilly, London. SOARING In darkening afternoons damp air that tastes of sleet and wind, we dodge between the honk of taxis, buses, cars and other...
by Orna Ross | Nov 22, 2019 | FICTION |
This is a scene reimagining the execution of John MacBride, Maud Gonne's husband, for his part in the 1916 Rising. His death was to change life for Maud and Iseult forever. Last Friday, I wondered whether to open the novel with one of Maud's fiery political speeches....
by Orna Ross | Nov 15, 2019 | FICTION |
I'm thinking of opening Dancing in the Wind with one of Maud Gonne's fiery political speeches. But my question is: Would you read on if this was what you found in the first pages of a novel? The question is addressed more to those who haven't read Book One, Her Secret...
by Orna Ross | Nov 3, 2019 | POETRY |
I am putting together a collection called Dark Night: Poems for Hard Times and this month's exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: Passing On, comes from there. It's a bereavement poem called “Passing On”. It's exclusively available to patrons from today for...
by Orna Ross | Oct 28, 2019 | POETRY |
Allowing Now, my new book of mindfulness poetry is out. I have a special interest in mindfulness poetry for creatives and if you'd like to dissolve creative block and foster creative flow, I’d love you to buy it. Yes, that helps me. The book is climbing the Amazon...