by Orna Ross | Oct 1, 2019 | POETRY |
This is a guide to poetry pamphlet competitions for indie poets. Some allow entrants from international poets; others are limited by territory. Please check the rules of the individual competitions. UK Unpublished Poetry Pamphlet Competitions: Mslexia...
by Orna Ross | Sep 29, 2019 | POETRY |
Today’s poem, Pteronophobia, was inspired by a trip to Matthew’s Yard in Croydon, where my daughter lives. This creative hub is home to the first fully crowd-funded theatre in the UK, a successful art gallery, showcasing the work of emerging local artists and...
by Orna Ross | Sep 22, 2019 | POETRY |
New Poem Reveal: The Rest of Our Being As well as books and other bonuses, my patrons get exclusive poetry hot off the creative presses, a full three months before anyone else gets to read or hear it. This week's poem, The Rest of Our Being, was originally published...
by Orna Ross | Sep 1, 2019 | POETRY |
This post is about September's exclusive Patreon poem for patrons: Turning Point. It is another adaptation of an ancient Irish blessing poem. I'm creating a series of these blessing poems, that I'll collect into a book soon. This poem is dedicated to my dear friend...
by Orna Ross | Aug 30, 2019 | FICTION |
I just dispatched my Life in Fiction Newsletter September 2019. Are you signed up to receive it? For a long time I defined myself as a novelist but for the past couple of years, I've been concentrating on nonfiction and poetry. It feels good to be back in the land of...
by Orna Ross | Aug 25, 2019 | POETRY |
I recently took a create date in County Wexford, the corner of Ireland where I was born and raised, and the place that I find more creatively inspiring than anywhere else in the world. It gave me this poem about emigration. It was one of those poems that told me...
by Orna Ross | Aug 11, 2019 | POETRY |
In the poetry slot this Sunday: a poem inspired by Alan Watts' wedding vows as read by my friend and publishing colleague Jane Friedman, author mentor, publishing columnist and one of the people I most admire in the writing and publishing business. I actually wrote...
by Orna Ross | Aug 4, 2019 | POETRY |
This week’s inspirational poetry: Font of Silence. When I met The Hub many moons ago, in a pub in Dublin that we used to visit there was an old couple we used to notice, or a couple who seemed old to us then, they were probably younger than we are now. They used to...
by Orna Ross | Jul 28, 2019 | POETRY |
My daughter and I took a trip to the Kiss My Genders Exhibition at The Hayward Gallery (more about this in Tuesday’s Create Date) and there was a booth playing the old pride anthem “I Am What I Am”. Daughter started to dance and I managed to capture the moment on...
by Orna Ross | Jul 14, 2019 | POETRY |
Pic by Hu Chen @huchenme Sunday is poetry day on my blog. This week's inspirational poetry: First Time FIRST TIME One day old. As we, with your mother, stare and ache at the soft, open throb of your bald and vulnerable skull translucent at your gossamer brows, your...