JULES JACOB
Jules Jacob’s recent collections include Rappaccini’s Garden (White Stag Publishing, August 2024), an illustrated collection of poisonous plant poems co-authored with Sonja Johanson, and Kingdom of Glass & Seed (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2023). Poems, interviews and reviews of the author’s work appear or are forthcoming in Plume, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Lily Poetry Review, CALYX, Tupelo Quarterly, Rust + Moth, and elsewhere. Jules is a recipient of a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Auvillar, France and former Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children.
RAPPACCINI’S GARDEN
Rappaccini’s Garden is a compendium of poisonous poetry with meticulously cultivated poems stemming from a variety of unique poisonous plants. As poets, horticulturalists, & Master Gardeners, Jules Jacob & Sonja Johanson share a deep reverence & knowledge of the toxic flora featured in these pages.
The poems in this collection are accompanied by vibrant illustrations, illuminating the juxtaposition of the danger & beauty of each pernicious specimen. Enter through the once grand gate that nature long ago claimed & step into Rappaccini’s Garden, here a mysterious yet familiar path has been crafted, drawing you in with the dangerous allure & fatal charms of this verdant realm. Open your senses & take in the elegant intoxications of sight & scent, listen to the wisdoms whispered, yet pay heed & do not touch, nor eat of this perilous garden, lest you become firmly rooted in this soil.
