Soul Poems
This is a poetry book in honor of the author’s eighty-fifth birthday. It includes poems previously published in some of her thirty-six books and in juried anthologies, as well as many new works created for this book. It is dedicated to God and to people who struggle with diminished vision as the poet does. She is grateful for a distinguished retina specialist who has provided her with improved vision.
The four sections of poems include: I. The Glory of Creation, 2. When Life Wreaks Havoc,3. Hope, Renewal, Peace, and 4. Legacy: Life’s Lessons Learned.
Readers are invited to visit her website at www.bettyjackon.net and can purchase her books at Amazon under her name Betty Whitaker Jackson.
Ms. Jackson has written several hundred poems called “My Psalms,” some of which are included in this book. In addition there are poems dealing with major events, including the recent flooding disasters in Texas, New Mexico and other places.
Others deal with the beauty of creation, and many photographs illustrate pages in this work. It is available in ebook and paperback. This would be a good gift for people grieving or dealing with age-related illness.
Ms. Jackson, a master teacher holding National Board Certification, taught writing at the secondary level for forty years, writes fiction, memoir, poetry, children’s books, and currently teaches a memoir-writing class at the senior living facility where she and her husband reside. She has edited four of their volumes, also available under her name on Amazon.
She won first prize in the Reader’s Digest Life-Rich Memoir Writing competition for her book Rocking Chair Porch: Summers with Grandma. She has submitted work to twenty-two juried anthologies and is an active member of the Space Coast Writers’ Guild.
Each year she participates in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month in November, and has published six volumes of writing following this initiative. During November, she writes a 50k00+ word book, which after revisions and editing, she publishes on KDP. Amazon.
This book has been completed when on hiatus for the summer from advising her writing group.
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