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A Rhyming Poem about Rhyming Poems

February 24, 2022April 21, 2021 by Orna Ross

Each month, I post one of my best poems exclusively to my poetry patrons in Patreon. Among other benefits (more … Read more

Dancing in the Wind: Extract 3: Who is Rosie?

February 15, 2022February 5, 2021 by Orna Ross

Dancing in the Wind Snippet: OPEN YOUR EYES, WILLIE

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

Poem of the Week: Let’s Dance

February 24, 2022January 31, 2021 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … Read more

Poem of the Week: These are the Moments

February 24, 2022November 8, 2020 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the … Read more

This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Things Change

February 24, 2022October 1, 2020 by Orna Ross

This month’s exclusive poem for my patrons on Patreon is: Things Change. I release my poems there 90 days earlier … Read more

Join my Reader Group and Help me Develop my new Novel: In The Hour

February 15, 2022September 23, 2020 by Orna Ross

Do you love fiction? Would you like to help shape my next novel, In the Hour? I now post short … Read more

IN THE HOUR Haiku Planning

February 24, 2022September 18, 2020 by Orna Ross

I recently learned the most marvelous story planning technique from fiction writer and teacher Linda Cracknell—using haiku to outline/plan your … Read more

This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: The Deer’s Cry

February 24, 2022August 2, 2020 by Orna Ross

It’s time to release my exclusive poem for patrons this month: “The Deer’s Cry”. This is another one of the … Read more

This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Doing Dreams

February 24, 2022July 1, 2020 by Orna Ross

It’s time to release this month’s exclusive poem for Patrons: Doing Dreams I hope you enjoy it. Till next time, … Read more

Friday Fiction: Iseult Gonne and Lucien Millevoye Take Tea

February 15, 2022February 28, 2020 by Orna Ross

Iseult Gonne and WB Yeats in Wartime London

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 Willie Yeats.

Allowing Now: The Book and the Poem

February 24, 2022January 19, 2020 by Orna Ross

I’ve been working on my mindfulness poem “Allowing Now” for a number of years and it’s finally finished. I’ve also been revising some of the poems in that collection.

Poetry for Christmas

February 24, 2022December 8, 2019 by Orna Ross

The nights are drawing in here in London and the Christmas lights have just been turned on. This is a poem for the season, inspired by the Christmas angel outside Geenpark tube station, Picadilly. You can find it, and more poems for mid-winter, in my Poems for Christmas collection. It’s available in paperback and hardback, as well as ebook, and makes a great gift.