First Flush E-Book

Ross Orna

• Herausgeber: WS
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 13

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

"Orna Ross is a major poet and deserves the world's attention." Robin Cutler: Ingram Spark

"An experienced and adroit writer who effortlessly demonstrates the far-reaching things language can do." kaleeM rajA, The View From Here Literary Review

"Reaches into the corners of your soul and pulls out all that is beautiful." SoWrite Linda

Welcome to the imaginative world of Irish poet Orna Ross. If you’re a fan of Maya Angelou, John O’Donoghue, Mary Oliver, or the ancient wisdoms of Rumi or Kabir, you’ll find poems here that are likely to inspire you.

Unfailing attuned to the beauty and complexity and interconnectedness of life, this small chapbook is a taster of the sort of contemporary inspirational poetry that is spiritual, not religious.

The poet explains, “I don’t believe in gods made in human image. I believe only in what I’ve experienced myself as real: the spirit that created me creating through me. The mystery of the creative process. So my poems are acts of praise and love, yes, but they don’t shy away from life’s challenges.

They reflect not just the beauty but also the complexity and interconnectedness of human existence. What the great zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh, calls our “interbeing”.

These twelve lush and imaginative poems take many forms, from narrative to haiku, with subjects divided into questions, works, histories, moments, gifts and blessings.

Whether explaining why true love never hurts, gazing at a newborn baby, or translating an ancient Irish blessing into contemporary relevance, each poem in this pamphlet offers access to that open, inner space where “the splendor of creation awaits” us.

Where heart and mind find themselves restored to spirit.

Leseprobe

First Flush

Sample: Inspirational Poetry

Orna Ross

Contents

Introduction

Questions

Where are you?

Love Hurts?

Labors

Whatever

Writer At Work

Followings

Histories

A Standing Stone In Gladstone Park

Halo

Haiku Moments

About my haiku

haiku i

haiku ii

haiku iii

Gifts & Blessings

First Flush

Underscore

Turning Point

The End

About the Author

Love To Read Poetry?

Love to Write Poetry?

Patreon

Your Feedback

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Poetry. We need it more than ever in these 21st century days. As media and internet spew out so many forgettable words, words that are designed to dupe or induce us, we can choose instead to take in, through the same media and internet, words carefully crafted with the very opposite intention.

That’s my choice. For a long time now, I’ve limited myself to five minutes a day of what the world calls “news” and prefer to scroll my Instagram stream, which is full of the work of today’s poets.

Or to curl up with a collection of words written decades, centuries or millennia ago, with the intention that I might be consoled, inspired or enlightened.

And to add a few of my own crafted words to the flow.

Day by day, I choose the lyrical, magical, mystical medium we call poetry.

Inspirational Poetry

I read all kinds of poems but I love most the genre called “Inspirational”.

My brand of inspirational poetry is not religious but spiritual, in the broadest sense of that word. I don’t believe in gods made in human image. I believe only in what I’ve experienced myself as real: the spirit that created me creating through me.

The mystery of the creative process.