About Jackie
Author, playwright, poet, lyricist and entrepreneur. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, now at home in Savannah, Georgia.
Jackie's story
What began as a release from early childhood situations and insecurities grew into a powerful source of strength, purpose, and connection with others.
Jackie Morris-Williams, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. She is an author, playwright, poet, lyricist, and entrepreneur whose work reflects a lifelong passion for expression, healing, and human connection. Her creative journey began at an early age, when writing became both a passion and a personal refuge.
She is the author of Expressions of Life and Love and has served as writer, co-producer, and vocalist on the CDs Expressions of Life and Love and Tired of Crying Over You. She is also the proud trademark owner of the word Poejazztic™, which she defines as “expressed words flavored with instrumental jazz.”
Jackie is co-owner and operator of Emergency Dental Service, a specialty practice serving veterans and emergency patients, where she also incorporates writing as a form of therapeutic expression.
- Hometown
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Home today
- Savannah, Georgia
- Book
- Expressions of Life and Love
- CDs
- Expressions of Life and Love and Tired of Crying Over You
- Trademark
- Poejazztic™
Jackie
How Jackie describes her writing
Honest about life as it is, including the hard parts.
Written with grace and respect for every reader.
Plain words, chosen with care, that land where they're meant to.
“It is real, it is classy, and it is gracefully simple.”Jackie, on her writing style
“If we join hands, we can create meaningful change, not only in the lives of others, but in the world itself, from the spot on which we stand.”
What Jackie believes, above all
One voice, many forms
On the page, at the microphone, in the studio and on the stage, Jackie's work comes back to the same thing: words that help people feel understood.
The stage
Playwright
Producer and director of benefits for causes close to her heart.
See her productionsYour moment
Commissions
Vows, tributes and poems written for one person and one moment.
Commission a pieceA life of care
Throughout her life, Jackie's compassion has guided her work, at the bedside, in the community and in business. It's the same care she brings to every piece she writes.
In medicine
At the bedside
Jackie has worked in the medical field as a pediatric, hospice and stroke care assistant.
In the community
For those in need
She has produced and directed benefits supporting the homeless, foster children with HIV, and various church initiatives.
In business
Writing that heals
As co-owner of Emergency Dental Service, which serves veterans and emergency patients, she uses writing as a form of therapeutic expression.