Looking For Rainbows: Standard Edition - Softcover

Allen, Jackie Davis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692476776 ISBN 13: 9780692476772

Publisher: Inner Child Press, Ltd., 2015

Synopsis

Preface Whether it be poetry or prose, the art of writing is an individual’s attempt to communicate with others the gift one has been given. Herewith, a selection of my writings penned over the past ten years meet. In taking on the journey of reading, Looking for Rainbows, it is my hope that you will discover and experience, vicariously, many of the human emotions with which we are all endowed, dependent neither upon race, color or creed. And, as you will discover, the writings in this book need not be read in any particular order. So enjoy, and thank you. Jackie Davis Allen 2015 April 6 Springfield, VA

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About the Author

about the Author As you began reading Looking for Rainbows, may your heart be touched. May you laugh, and smile. But, should you be inclined to shed a tear as you identify with a poem's expression of pain, may you always remember to look for the rainbow that comes after the rain. As a little child growing up in southwestern Virginia, in the Cumberland Mountains of Appalachia, I far too often heard my mother say, "Wait until the adults are through talking, and then you may have a turn." Time and time again, she reminded me that I had to wait. Once I entered school, it would be different. Or, so I thought. There I would make friends with children my own age. Finally, I would talk to my heart's delight. It didn't exactly happen that way. First grade frequently found me with my nose in a circle on the chalkboard, my hands behind my back, and me standing on tiptoes: the punishment for talking or whispering, or looking as if it were about to happen. After graduating from Radford College, Radford, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, I began a new life in northern Virginia. In the ensuing years, as teacher, wife, mother and grandmother, I have enjoyed working with crafts and art, and painting, primarily with acrylics. Further studies included art and writing workshops. In 2005, recovering from bilateral knee replacement surgery, I enrolled in a memoir writing class. Giving myself complete freedom to ride on the wind of creativity’s inspiration, I first wrote in notebooks, in journals, and on scraps of paper. The day I purchased my first computer my fingers rejoiced because they could better keep up with all the ideas and Voices that were begging to be given birth. Nevertheless, I had to navigate the travails of discovering how to use the computer. In short order, my computer became my best writing friend, along with fingers that could fly. In the beginning, I wrote short stories. Then later, over a span of about ten years, I began painting, with words, if you will, the portraits of the voices that found themselves in the lines of my poetry. For me, the passion I have for writing is like an eternal flame. Always, it is the light for my poetic path. And, I wonder. Could it be, from that long ago childish need, my poems are the seeds that have now come into full bloom? I would like to think so. Jackie

Edition details

• Publisher: Inner Child Press, Ltd.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0692476776
• ISBN 13: 9780692476772
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Yilmaz Dr. Hulya N