by Orna Ross | Apr 3, 2022 | Poetry |
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most likes or comments here on my blog. Below is my most popular Instagram poem this week, “Good Morning”. Enjoy! Good Morning The light of the sun is...
by Orna Ross | Mar 29, 2022 | Poetry |
I’m delighted to announce that Allowing Now has won Gold Award at the Literary Titan Book Awards and honored at the kind comments of the judges who praise the collection of mindfulness poetry as a “beautifully written collection” that is “heartfelt,...
by Orna Ross | Mar 27, 2022 | Poetry |
This Sunday's poem of the week was published on Instagram on St Patrick's Day (which I celebrated in very non-Irish fashion in Maspalomas, a touristy town on the island of Grand Canaria). It's my version of the old Irish poem known today as “St Patrick's Breastplate”...
by Orna Ross | Mar 18, 2022 | Fiction |
Below is the beginning of a short story about a famous Irish love story, the story of Líadan and Cuirithir (pronounced phonetically in English Leeadawn and Coorihir). One of the most heartrending poems in the ancient Irish annals is “Comhrach Líadaine agas...
by Orna Ross | Mar 14, 2022 | Go Creative! |
I'm taking a bit of a blog break from now until Sunday 27th March 2022–heading off to the Canary Islands for some much-needed rest and relaxation. And posting is likely to be a bit sporadic after that, as we are launching ALLi's 10th-anniversary celebrations at...
by Orna Ross | Mar 13, 2022 | Poetry |
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most likes or comments here on my blog. Below is my most popular Instagram poem this week, “The Way of the Womb”. Enjoy! The Way of the Womb The people are...
by Orna Ross | Mar 8, 2022 | Poetry |
This week, in “One of Mine and One of Yours”, my inspirational poetry reading on Instagram Live, we featured “I am what I am not” by Susan Cathro This was the first in this new way of doing things and Insta frightened us with a rogue message...
by Orna Ross | Mar 6, 2022 | Poetry |
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most likes or comments here on my blog. Below is my most popular Instagram poem this week, “Seeing Eye”. Enjoy! SEEING EYE SALEMA MOODS III I’m rocked in...
by Orna Ross | Mar 4, 2022 | Fiction |
A while ago, I came across an idea that has made an enormous difference to how I plan my novels: It's using haiku poetry to plan my novel, from the theme to the story beats of the outline. As I return to writing fiction for publication, I'm drawing on it again. And...
by Orna Ross | Feb 27, 2022 | Poetry |
I normally post the poem that received the most likes or comments on Instagram on my blog here each Sunday, but this week I'd like to feature this poem from an upcoming collection I’m putting together for Mother’s Day. Enjoy! Trying We’re going to town. I try to help...