My Poetry

My poems appear first either on my Instagram feed (see below), or as exclusive offerings to my poetry patrons on Patreon.

Chapbook Series: When I’ve gathered together ten publishable poems, I publish them in ebook, print and now audio format, in my poetry chapbook series, ten poems at a time.
Themed Selections: I go on to produce themed selections e.g. a book of love poetry, a book of mindfulness poetry.
Occasional Poetry Series: Another series provides poems for special occasion e.g Christmas and Mother’s day.
Gift Books: I produce premium books, like this

All my poetry books are available for sale here on my website, and in all the online retailers like Amazon, Apple and Kobo. You can purchase here/

Thank you for reading and buying poetry.

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Writing is not about judgement or opinion but abou

Writing is not about judgement or opinion but about understanding
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Today’s #haiku #373 • through still air salte

Today’s #haiku #373
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through still air
salted with sea an old gull
wings his way
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Today’s thought about #creative success • Ins

Today’s thought about #creative success
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Inspired action
is not born
out of deep thinking
but enthralled listening.
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e.g meditation, reflective reading, f-r-e-e-writing
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#creative #creativelifehappylife #ornaross

Today’s #poem “Masks” was inspired by the re

Today’s #poem “Masks” was inspired by the response to the 1918 #spanishflu (pictured. If anyone knows the origin of this pic let me know, I haven’t been able to track it down)
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Masks

We’ve been here before.
In the Spanish flu
pandemic of 1918
they say people
who were fine
in the morning,
and started coughing
at noon,
could be dead
before night.

Two mahogany spots
over the cheekbones
would spread
turning blue
while black coloration
first in the fingers
and toes
crawled up the limbs
into the torso.
Lungs filled with fluids.
Death within hours.

Mouth bleeds
and nose bleeds
miscarriages
a smell,
teeth and hair fallout,
delirium,
not well.
Not well
Not well.

“Wear a mask or go to jail.”
Wear a mask or live in hell.
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Today’s thoughts about #CreativeSuccess • Cre

Today’s thoughts about #CreativeSuccess
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Creative success
is appreciation.
The fruits
of our everyday effort,
enjoyed.
We must show up today,
make the effort that must be made
if the work is to progress.
And as we do remember to enjoy
the great sum of the small daily efforts
already expended—
all that we have already created

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Today’s #haiku (#373) • still summer as dand

Today’s #haiku (#373)
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still summer
as dandelions already
send out seeds
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Pic by @stefanocian
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Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poet

Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poets and #writers

A picture
can paint
a thousand words,
they say.
This is true.

What’s also true
is that one word
carefully chosen
can hold the meaning
of the world

and paint
a hundred thousand
pictures.
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#wordsmatter

This month’s exclusive poem for patrons is calle

This month’s exclusive poem for patrons is called “The Deer’s Cry”.

It’s another one of the reworked ancient Irish poems I’ve been working on, this one adapted from a famous poem found in Kuno Meyer’s “Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry”.

This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in Irish culture but also in human psychology. These poems reveal a very different way of thinking about life and love, men and women, good and evil to ours.

There’s a link to my Patreon page in my bio, where you can find out more and read both versions of the poem.

#ornaross #patreon #indiepoetry #indiepoetryplease

Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poet

Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poets and #writers
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Our dreams
will not betray us
so long as we
stay true
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#creative #dedication

Illustration for my next collection, Nightlight as

Illustration for my next collection, Nightlight as it Rises, a book of love poetry, by the super talented @naya.ismael What do you think?
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Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poet

Today’s thought about #CreativeSuccess for #poets and #writers
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Whatever you make, make art.
#gocreative

Today’s #poem is “The Miracle of Reading”
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Those who give
are never alone
And she had given over
two great gifts:
her attention
and her imagination
the great present
of her presence.
Those who receive
are never alone
and she had opened wide
inside
and gone to live
for a time
between the pages
of a book.
Treasured treasuring.
The miracle of reading.
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