writing Archives

Poem of the Week: Our Bright Star

February 24, 2022February 14, 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

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

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

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.

This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Soaring

February 24, 2022December 1, 2019 by Orna Ross

This month’s exclusive poem for patrons is a Christmas poem “Soaring”, inspired by the Chrismas lights on Picadilly, London. SOARING … Read more

This Month’s Exclusive Poem for Patrons: Passing On

February 24, 2022November 3, 2019 by Orna Ross

This post is about November’s exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: Passing On.

If you would like to read the poem, it becomes available exclusively to my patrons today, for the next three months.

Blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy

February 15, 2022October 25, 2019 by Orna Ross

Iseult Gonne and WB Yeats in Wartime London

I have done some shuffling on the fiction front and I’ll be blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy here weekly in the Friday Fiction slot.