Rachel Wright – författare

Poetry is closest to the heart. Through its symbols, word pictures, intuition, feelings and emotions it is a hint of history, the momentary present and a visionary tool of the future. A poem or a painting is analogous to an iceberg10% visible, 90% hidden meaning. The reader provides the narrative.These poems, with the exception of five or six, were written after 2000. They show my explorations into the arts, love, people I met along the way, my protestations, introspections, and new perspectives I gained after times of change, personal problems and separations from those I love. The poems enabled me to find new strength, to harness my thoughts of years past, to live peaceably in the present and to recognize that a future of dreams and hopes can become reality.

Poems come to me from many dimensionspersonal, family, a friend, my community, or a world happening near or far from southern Indiana. Words grip me emotionallyas an empathy that I feel with someone else or out of my own soul. I may ponder the topic for a few minutes, or a few days, but I must write. Its like a tune I must play but in poetic verse. I grab pen and paper or rush to the computer. My poetry falls in three areas. Some are protests of societal problems throughout the world that I cannot be comfortable with: poverty, war, unruly political institutions, lack of resources for education and health, pollution of the earths resources and a vast media /consumerism enterprise that sucks up our freedoms (to name a few). Secondly, I look at myself. Through topics of nature, introspection, love, and family I see changes I must make before I can help others. Thirdly, I see trends in the youthhow they band together in online communities, attack travesties of justice around the globe, form lifestyle businesses, study alternative medicine and politics, want sustainability and the right use of energy. They look not just at the green of the dollar but how the earth can become more balanced. I feel poetry, like music and the arts, leads us to what we share and have in common.

This is not a fix-it quick kind of book. Instead of the book of your dreams, this is the book you want when your dreams seem out of reach. This brave, honest and funny devotional takes a refreshing new look at the inevitable twists and turns of life.For all of us at some point, life events can arrive accompanied by a sense of disappointment, heartache or grief. When Rachel and Tim's son was born with severe and complex brain damage, their hearts and dreams lay shattered. But this 40-window devotional explores how brokenness doesn't necessarily need fixing, and that growth, transformation and abundance can actually happen at the broken edges of life.Jesus shows us the heart and character of God. His life was hard and messy, and those at the time were baffled by such a humble demonstration of God. They got it wrong then - are we still getting it wrong now? Are we still searching for the Messiah-in-shining-armour?Maybe, God gives us the greatest view through life's broken windows.

Transform your application from a foggy, contaminated, and overgrown swamp to an organized, tidy, and trimmed garden.

Key Features

Establish and streamline vital processes with more than a hundred recommendationsApply best practices and guidelines for each administrative areaUse real-world examples to learn how to avoid common pitfalls

Book Description

The application development process can easily get out of hand if you do not track and control it at all times. You need a robust project management tool that tracks the issues and bugs in your project and ensures its smooth completion. The JIRA Strategy Admin Workbook begins by discussing how to set up a new application and audit and improve its functionality. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn simple, yet efficient methods to maintain the application and to make your daily admin work more manageable. You’ll learn to create workflows that can track how your application functions, and improve it by analyzing the behavior of the workflow. You’ll also learn how to use addons, plugins, and other tools that extend your application. By the end of the book, you’ll gain insight into your application and discover alternative strategies to perform your administrative tasks better.

What you will learn

Master all the processes for a well-planned implementationDiscover simple ways to streamline administrationExplore how to audit and clean up the applicationDiscover ways to maintain and extend JIRALearn how to create repeatable proceduresDiscover ways to stay out of the JIRA swamp

Who this book is for

This book is ideal for administrators, project managers, analysts, and organizations that want to get started with JIRA. If you have been using JIRA for a while, this book will show you simple ways to streamline your application and make daily work more manageable. To get the most out of this book, you should have an end user’s understanding of JIRA functions.

Whatever your reasons for planning to live and work in Hong Kong, this comprehensive guide will tell you all you need to know to make the most of your time in this vibrant and challenging city. Organised into three sections: Living, Working, and Leisure, this book includes up to date information and well-informed opinion on: * The kind of lifestyle you can expect to enjoy in Hong Kong * The cost of living * Finding accommodation, whether short term or to buy or rent *Having and raising children in Hong Kong *Shopping for food or luxuries - Working and volunteering *Teaching English *Sporting events, special interest groups and the local arts scene *Travelling and places to visit *Entertainment and nightlife

Scars That Bloom: A Life Told in Verse is a raw and unflinching poetic memoir of survival, resilience, and transformation. Through powerful, soul-baring poetry, Rachel shares her journey through addiction, mental illness, loss, motherhood, and the relentless search for healing.Each poem is a scar that speaks—a story of pain endured, lessons learned, and the beauty that can rise even from fire. With striking honesty and lyrical grace, this memoir captures both the darkness of brokenness and the light of rebirth, reminding readers that even the deepest wounds can bloom into strength.This book is not just about struggle—it's about hope. It's for anyone who has faced trauma, carried invisible battles, or wondered if they, too, could rise again.Scars That Bloom is more than a collection of poems—it is a testament to survival, motherhood, love, and the human spirit's ability to endure.

Poetry is a tool. It is a voice to be heard. There are formal poems of all styles, and they are part of a history of poetry. There is no protocol or “right way” to express poems. The door is open. Words need people. People need words. Poems become songs, slogans, works of art, and prayers. My poems come from the heart without much ado. I seldom edit or stress over them. They are spontaneous and written in the early morning when I relax, write and ponder life. They are an impression of feelings on many subjects spurred by my personal love of a world free from societal expectations, war, pain and suffering. These poems cover nature, love, family, introspection, protest, common journeys of all peoples and the possibility of peace and rebirth on this planet and beyond.I am particularly interested in working with young people who begin the creative world of marks on paper, scribblings, drawings and writings at a very young age. They are a voice to be heard. Storytelling and rhymes are symbolic language from early times passed by word of mouth through elders and succeeding generations. I have connected with small groups of poets in coffee shops, on the street corners, in fairs, in family gatherings, weddings, passings, all speaking poetry as they experience it. They are my second community, my poet friends whom I join in person or online. These poems are written between 2014 and 2023. They belong to a trilogy of poetry books entitled: Spectrum, A Poetry Memoir; Spectrum II, A Poetry R-evolution; and this book, Poetry III, A Poetry Journal.For more information about my poetry and art, see http://www.facebook.com/SpectrumPoetryMemoirArt.