Author Archives: JC

with water, silt, his stuff.

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An aquarium: heavy

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His offering, pales.

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she IS that tortured torso.

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It is no surprise —

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obsenities, defilement.

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Scarlet lips, parted, scream out

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blue papier mache.

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her self study, scuplted in

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Another classmate:

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lines, as transparent as she.

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rolled and tied, suspended from

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Parchment confessions

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transfers words onto paper.

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One girl in his class

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speak to him of his likeness.

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The expanse, the emptiness —

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Surface, all surface.

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white as the bay in winter.

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What he ‘sees’ is white,

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JC read new poetry for children at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library

On Friday, February 11, JC  read new and favourite poems for elementary school-aged children. She set the scene with poetry from “Fat poems Tall poems Long poems Small,”  illustrated by thirteen Ottawa artists. Students from two classes at Hopewell Public School had the chance to hear several new works and works in progress and shared […]
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Few images, no words come.

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The teacher’s demand blinds him.

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a four-month challenge.

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assigned to sixteen year-olds,

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Define who you are:

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with its well of cold wisdom.

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theatre as oasis

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The survivor’s masque:

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a husband, a daughter die.

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