Author Archives: JC

summoned by the call of wolves.

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after midnight calm returns,

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They lap, slap, clap till

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even at this no-tide shore.

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Capital Parent profiles “What My Grandma Means to Say,” the video

In the March/April issue of Capital Parent Newspaper appears a great feature on the YouTube video of the pilot performance of “What My Grandma Means to Say.” The paper is available free at Ottawa-area newsstands and also can be read on-line at  http://server14a.pressmart.net/capitalparent/index.aspx Go to page 6 to read about the play.
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Waters play restless,

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the thrust and parry of waves.

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spike-crowned mergansers en garde;

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watch the tournament:

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his audience at ringside,

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We, the visitors,

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red on aqua silk, rampant.

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as his own, hoists his standard:

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claims cliffs and shoreline

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a fox with dance and a feint

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Saturday morning,

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in their mother’s silk-draped womb.

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they fail to hide the new life

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make themselves so small

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in aqua tuck under her wings,

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“What My Grandma Means to Say” plays in Thunder Bay

Professional actors took JC’s play into local elementary schools in March through a project for which the Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay (ASTB) received an $8000 grant from the Thunder Bay Community Foundation. JC welcomed the new partnership with ASTB and applauded the Society’s initiative to engage elementary school-aged students in learning together about dementia [...]
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Two little bridesmaids

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caresses her bare shoulder.

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her spouse of twenty minutes

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Poised at its apex,

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spans a rare-bird habitat.

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This bridge to Eden

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of stem orchids, dyed turquoise.

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gold, sequinned flip-flops; a bouquet

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her gown, high-waisted;

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