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 | Dec 1, 2018 | Poetry |
On Saturdays, I write about my create-dates (one of the recommended Go Creative! flow practices, a date with yourself, doing something that feels totally like fun). This week I spent my create date park walking. And taking some photos of the beautiful autumn day. As a...