How to Write Poems that Matter

Rosie Jackson

Rosie has been running workshops for many years, and loves inspiring people to find new creative possibilities in their lives through writing. She believes that everyone can write, that it can be a source of healing and joy and many of her memoir and poetry students have gone on to publish their stories and poems.

Rosie’s own background is in university teaching, but difficult life experience led her towards roads less travelled and spiritual awakening, a journey recorded in her memoir The Glass Mother (2016). Dame Gillian Beer describes this as a ‘moving and engrossing memoir…intense recall of a life passionately lived.’

Rosie has spent time in India and the US, trained in Sufi healing, and turned to writing and tutoring to foster creativity for herself and others. Widely published, with many awards, Rosie’s most recent poetry collection is Love Leans over the Table (Two Rivers Press, 2023). Along with writing and her spiritual life, Rosie enjoys painting, walking, and sea swimming near her new home in Teignmouth, Devon. More details on www.rosiejackson.org.uk