There are many ways we can colour our world with art.
Some paint, some draw, others sing or sculpt. Some, like local Jacqueline Wright, craft poetry.
Self-taught and filled to the brim with creativity, Jacqui has always been drawn to poetry. Writing from a young age, she writes from experience, touching on the emotions that come through life and its great losses and overwhelming love.
Jacqui writes about the beauty of her daughter, the serenity of different destinations around the globe, and the tragic loss and grief of the passing of her brother when he was nineteen years old.
Jacqui describes how writing her poetry has helped her heal from the challenges life throws her way. Although she is passionate about her work in travel and tourism, Jacqueline makes sure to carve out time to indulge her creativity and share her work.
‘When social media came about, I started to share my poems on Facebook, just to my local friends and family. I just had this overwhelming response,’ says Jacqui, explaining the origins of her blog. ‘People would message me privately and let me know how much my words resonated with them.’
During Covid, Jacqui had free time to finally compile the poems scribbled in notebooks, diaries, and posted on social media. Here, her webpage “jacwrightblog” was born.
Jacqui has exclusively created bespoke poems for special occasions and commemorations. Her poetry has been officially published, and her poems on loss have been read for funerals.
For International Women’s Day, Jacqueline Wright will be reading her poem “The Flower” at The Post’s event at Magpies Waitara on Friday the 8th of March.
‘I watched this beautiful iris weathering the storm… everything was being devastated around me, and yet this flower was held so strongly on its stem,’ says Jacqui, discussing the inspiration behind her poem “The Flower”. ‘That’s to this day one of my favourite poems. It is personified as a woman; it resonates with women and their grace and strength.’
November 2023 saw the launch of a collection of poetry celebrating womanhood. “Awaken Your Divine Feminine” is co-authored by Jacqui Wright, along with other talented women, focusing on the beauty and resilience of the feminine.
Books will be available for sale at The Post’s IWD event, with a percentage of the proceeds being donated to the Ku-ring-gai Youth Development Service.
Jacqui’s blog can be found at acwrightblog.com/
Come and meet Jacqueline on Friday 8th March at Magpies Waitara. Click here to book.
Jacqui will have the book “Awaken Your Divine Feminine” available for purchase at our International Women’s Day event on Friday 8th March 2024.
