Thursday, 1 January 2026

83. Jake Dennis's Garden Haiku invitation for S. E. Dennis

Thank you Kit for the invitation to this garden and to Cathy Stirling for the prompt to contribute. On the theme of gardens and childhood, my haiku from Steliana Voicu's Enchanted Garden


after school she finds

the frog in the garden

no longer there

- Jake Dennis @PoetOfJazz

First published as “Haiku” in Right Way Down and Other Poems, edited by Sally Murphy and Rebecca M. Newman, Alphabet Soup Books and Fremantle Press, Australia, 2024, 108. Reprinted as “after school she finds” in Enchanted Garden, edited by Steliana Voicu, Issue 7: Moments in the Garden, Romania, April 2024. Republished in Dennis, Jake. ‘Gone’ QPoetry, edited by Sandra Makaresz, #20, Queensland Writers Centre, South Brisbane, 2024. 

S. E. Dennis you create beautiful artworks and poetry that make me smile. I am always excited to read your latest poem or see your newest painting. Let's meet in the garden :). 

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83. Jake Dennis's Garden Haiku invitation for S. E. Dennis

Thank you Kit for the invitation to this garden and to Cathy Stirling for the prompt to contribute. On the theme of gardens and childhood, m...