Polaroid

Polaroid 

for Stephanie

Able to walk ahead  

I leave my wife

in her wheelchair, an afterthought 

isolated. Looking back 

now I see her: gently

fragrant, slowly

blurry, like a separated, quiet

golden acacia blossom

stirring in time’s uncatchable current, 

considering the unknown 

before us: a void 

beyond the changing clear

cold river’s reflections.

Biography: Jake Dennis @PoetOfJazz is a Burmese-Australian Boorloo-based entertainer (singer, poet, actor). A Curtin University, WestWords, and Writing WA alumnus awarded residencies by the City of Swan, KSP Writers Centre, and WA Poets Inc, Jake Dennis is a soulful jazz crooner whose prize-winning poetry has been published across fourteen countries in over one hundred publications since 2005. 2025 Noel Rowe Poetry Award shortlisted debut Journeying (Fremantle Press, 2027). Connect with and follow @PoetOfJazz on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Website: https://www.PoetOfJazz.com/.

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-sitting-by-a-calm-lake-at-dusk-wDOR8MrzzmM) 26. 1. 2026.

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