by Orna Ross | Sep 28, 2017 | Poetry |
This week's inspirational poetry: The Power of Now. A poem inspired by Eckhart Tolle. 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...
by Orna Ross | Dec 22, 2016 | Poetry
After we've taken to the shops, the public houses, the clamour and glitz, we come home, step out of the swell, hole up with our howl, cradle it close, hold it still, until we can let it go out with us again, out into the cold and the frozen. Until we can let it show...
by Orna Ross | Feb 1, 2014 | Poetry |
My mother's name is Brigid, though everyone knows her as Ida, named as almost every Irish person used to be, after a saint. St Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland, whose feast day is today, the old Irish imbolc the first day of spring. Much to my own surprise...
by Orna Ross | Mar 12, 2011 | Poetry |
The Writer's Call: A Poem Your words must clear the ground for love, I heard it all declare. I kissed my pen, swore this decree to air. Then set to work on bended knee, a childlike creep through house and street, to clean through what’s encrusted there. It’s done for...