by Orna Ross | Feb 8, 2022 | Poetry |
It’s long been my daily practice to play with a well-known form of poetry called haiku, as a way of fostering creative presence. Lately I’ve started posting my haiku on Instagram, accompanied by a photograph or video of that moment, as haiku stories. Or in Instagram...
by Orna Ross | Oct 28, 2019 | Poetry |
Allowing Now, my new book of mindfulness poetry is out. I have a special interest in mindfulness poetry for creatives and if you'd like to dissolve creative block and foster creative flow, I’d love you to buy it. Yes, that helps me. The book is climbing the Amazon...
by Orna Ross | Oct 22, 2019 | Poetry |
Practicing mindfulness, though they would never have called it that, is something that poets have always done. And poetry readers too. Reading mindfulness poetry requires as much creative attention and presence as writing it. I’d been writing for almost a decade...
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...
by Orna Ross | Aug 17, 2017 | Poetry |
This week's inspirational poetry: Love Hurts? No Way I'm inspired by creativity in all corners of the world but especially in nature, most especially London parks, the woods and beaches of East Sussex and, of course, Ireland. You'll find lots of poetry here on the...