Author Archives: JC

lined with plump pumpkins.

By JC | Published: November 7, 2012
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to the lower waterfall,

By JC | Published: November 6, 2012
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November 24: “Welcome Winter” Returns to Ottawa for the Fifth and Last Time

By JC | Published: November 5, 2012
The annual reading of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” written by Dylan Thomas, returns to Glebe-St.James United Church in Ottawa. The hour-long performance features Rob Clipperton as the storyteller, with seasonal music from Robert Palmai,organ, Maria Woyiwada, soprano, Vocum 9Canterbury High School) and the Canterbury Trebles. “This is the fifth time I have produced the […]
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Oak-leaf strewn, rough steps

By JC | Published: November 5, 2012
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loses himself in colour.

By JC | Published: November 4, 2012
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drawn to the sound of its light,

By JC | Published: November 3, 2012
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its sole prisoner,

By JC | Published: November 2, 2012
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Caught by a prism’s spectrum,

By JC | Published: November 1, 2012
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He can see, can hear.

By JC | Published: October 31, 2012
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understand what it is they hear.

By JC | Published: October 30, 2012
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to those around him who don’t

By JC | Published: October 29, 2012
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calls in counterpoint

By JC | Published: October 28, 2012
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He sways to his own rhythms,

By JC | Published: October 27, 2012
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What does the boy hear?

By JC | Published: October 26, 2012
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His calls, a plea for something.

By JC | Published: October 25, 2012
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a single note, at random.

By JC | Published: October 24, 2012
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Wordless, he cries out

By JC | Published: October 23, 2012
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He sits apart, averts his eyes.

By JC | Published: October 22, 2012
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How to love the boy?

By JC | Published: October 21, 2012
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wherever he looks around him.

By JC | Published: October 20, 2012
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Few understand what he sees

By JC | Published: October 19, 2012
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his vantage all his own.

By JC | Published: October 18, 2012
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Heavy set, teen-tall,

By JC | Published: October 17, 2012
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What future, the boy?

By JC | Published: October 16, 2012
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not at what the future wrought.

By JC | Published: October 15, 2012
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to the past, its promise then,

By JC | Published: October 14, 2012
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Better to look past,

By JC | Published: October 13, 2012
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at least not as closely.

By JC | Published: October 12, 2012
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Better not to look,

By JC | Published: October 11, 2012
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spider veins, pockmarks, wide pores.

By JC | Published: October 10, 2012
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