Dennis Owen Frohlich is a professor of media and journalism at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. Poetry is one of many creative outlets he pursues to keep his heart, mind, and spirit fresh. He’s the author of Seven Seasons: The X9 Saijiki, a collection of speculative haiku set in a post-apocalyptic Japan. He’s published many types of poetry, including cherita, haiku, senryu, tanka, and haiga in journals such as Akitsu Quarterly, bottle rockets, cattails, the cherita, Consilience, Frogpond, Kokako, Modern Haiku, and Scifaikuest. He’s passionate about writing stories set in new worlds. He lives in rural Pennsylvania surrounded by mountains and corn fields with his wife and two children.
For Commonwealth University matters, please email me at dfrohlic@commonwealthu.edu
For all other correspondence, please email me at Dennis.Frohlich@gmail.com
Last Updated: September 2026
Who I Am
Like everybody, I have a multitude of identities. If I had to rank them in importance, the list would be: 1) Christian, 2) Husband, 3) Father, 4) Writer, 5) Poet, 6) Artist, 7) Teacher, 8) Scholar. Not all identities are used each day, and sometimes more time is spent with one than another. This website focuses on identities 4-8.
In college, I occasionally took those personality tests which assess what kind of individual one is, for example, left-brained (analytical) vs. right-brained (creative). Consistently, the results would show that I’m both. I’m equally comfortable analyzing numbers, issues, policies, and rhetoric as I am creating artistic works which surpass logic and emotion and enter into higher realms of consciousness. This website is home to all my creative passions.
Creativity is the value I treasure above all else.
I am most fulfilled when I am creating something, whether that’s the written word, paintings, origami, lesson plans, syllabi, assessments, or policies.