by Orna Ross | Dec 19, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Into Ease” My darling, let’s not sigh to see day fade, the earth receive the sun, the light recede. Let us, with sky and trees, dim to dusk mood, fall deep, and deep, and deeper into ease. When hands and...
by Orna Ross | Dec 12, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “The Scribe in the Wood” Continuing my series of adapted old Irish poems. This one was developed from a quatrain in Kuno Meyer’s book, Ancient Irish Poetry. It uses a twist on what in traditional Irish poetry...
by Orna Ross | Sep 19, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Milky Way” Her feet in the early morning light are whiter than milk. Bones visible. Wrinkles, veins, a light dusting of hair on shin. Fearful feet, now. Thin, papery skin. Staying in. Swift feet, feet that...
by Orna Ross | Aug 29, 2021 | Poetry |
My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Followings” Creatives grope through the dark drawn by the promise of dawn our way lit by the stars who smile on our stumbles know why we seek and love what our searching creates. To receive exclusive...
by Orna Ross | Aug 26, 2021 | Poetry |
I'm making a change to my reader membership. From September 2021, each member will receive a short ebook from my writings of the month. For the poetry members, a chapbook of poems. For fiction membrs, a short story of novel extract. I'll send this benefit through...