Author Archives: JC

fiction conspired with cash

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missed the moment when

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By one day, the cottontail

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Too late, the rabbit.

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Awesome Authors Contest Award Ceremony – Standing Room Only on March 26

JC awarded prizes to poets writing in English, aged 9-11, 12-14 and 15-17, at last night’s ceremony at Ben Franklin Place in Ottawa. The 18th Awesome Authors Contest which the Ottawa Public Library holds and which the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library (FOPLA) sponsor attracted well over 500 entries in the English poetry. English […]
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Vaunted by the Past!

It’s not often that a request comes along to share insight into what you did when you began your career. In fact, that era, now surprisingly many years ago, seemed to JC to be part almost of another lifetime. JC worked for more than thirty years in the Government of Canada. When she retired early, […]
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the speed trust leaves the barrel.

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Rather, its velocity:

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love which brings its end.

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It’s not the calibre of

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JC’s Poetry Blog Evolves

The Line-a-day poem blog began on this site one October as an experiment in disciplining JC to write and post each day. It continued through two Octobers in this mode, until February, 2013. At which point, JC gave herself permission to write and post, not necessarily on a daily basis, but rather when lines come […]
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Take aim, sight with care.

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hear its rhythm, poetry.

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Without plot, beginning, end,

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is pure folly.

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to read the shoreline as prose

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Resist temptation:

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as the tides advance, withdraw.

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reduced to grains that glimmer

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Wave-weary, sun bleached,

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to become so like the sand:

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It’s alright, okay

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etched on rock by winds, by waves.

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History, climate unmasked,

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Comments about “What My Grandma Means to Say,” the storybook

“What my Grandma Means to Say“by JC Sulzenko is a welcome addition to our library and school education program as an educational resource for families and students. It is an engaging  story of an 11 year old boy and his grandmother as they struggle to find a new way of connecting with each other.”   […]
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gauge pits,etch deep lines.

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Centuries of freeze and thaw

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A cold countenance:

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Tuesday, a harsh about-turn.

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Monday — cloudless, sun-happy;

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