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 | Nov 17, 2018 | The Rest |
This week I spent my create-date with Freddie Mercury, or rather, his reincarnation by Rami Malek in the new movie, named for his most famous song. And it led me to write this post, my answer to the question people are always asking: What do the words of Bohemian...
by Orna Ross | Jul 8, 2018 | Poetry |
Sunday Inspirational Poetry: Dark Night As creative entrepreneurs, we're doers by definition. But sometimes, when things get hard it's not about doing, it's about lying low and doing nothing. Not even thinking. This is a poem for the days when things get hard....
by Orna Ross | May 15, 2018 | Poetry |
People power is rocking poetry, taking it out into the streets and pubs and festivals and providing a new kind of patronage for poets. In the past, only wealthy benefactors could afford to support poets and under that system, the poet had to commemorate the patron's...
by Orna Ross | Feb 1, 2018 | Poetry |
This week's inspirational poetry: Queen of Queens. My mother's name is Brigid, named as almost every Irish person used to be, after a saint. And today is Brigid's day, one of the most important days of the year. Imbolc in Gaelic, after the Celtic tradition: the first...