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Silver Birch Press publishes “Wisdom” by A. Garnett Weiss
“ Wisdom,” a five-line poem, first appeared in Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue, the 2024 collection from Aeolus House and attributed to A. Garnett Weiss. JC Sulzenko uses this pen name for the found poetry she writes.
California’s Silver Birch Press published “Wisdom” on March 6, 2026 in its current online series, BUGS AND INSECTS. Here’s the link to that post:
JC thanked publisher Melanie Villines for including her work. “I am honoured to take part in this series which includes observations from diverse poets about the good, the bad and the ugly in the insect and bug world,” JC noted. “ Wisdom is about child-like wonder. It’s a favourite poem of mine.”
Silver Birch Press has featured a number of poems written by JC and JC writing as A. Garnett Weiss. Her work appears in Ides, A Collection of Poetry Chapbooks and also in the Nancy Drew Anthology from the same house.
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Aeolus House welcomed JC Sulzenko as a guest reader at the May 24 launch of “Slender Certainties” by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes
Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes’ new collection launched on Saturday, May 24 in Toronto at Society Clubhouse.
JC welcomed the invitation from publisher Aeolus House to read at this afternoon celebration of Mary Lou’s fine poetry.
JC choose selections from Life, after life–from epitaph to epilogue, her 2024 collection of found poems using words drawn from obituaries published in the Globe and Mail and from Bricolage, a Gathering of Centos, a finalist for the 2022 Fred Kerner Book Award from the Canadian Authors Association.
JC explained that she writes centos and found poetry under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss. “To give me distance from my other poetry and licence to move toward more abstract forms of expression.”
“I was honoured to read at the launch of Mary Lou’s luminous, memorable collection.,The hall was packed. The audience listened carefully to Dorothy Sandler-Glick, who read first, and then to me. The response from everyone there heartened me, ” JC noted. Here’s the poster for the event.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with JC Sulzenko
Lots to celebrate in April, particularly to focus on Canadian poets and poetry.
JC encourages poetry lovers to head to the library or the bookstore and support Canada’s amazing poetry community.
To read about some of the ways in which she is marking National Poetry Month click here.
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Review by Blaine Marchand
Blaine Marchand reviews Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue for The Ontario Poetry Society’s magazine, Verse Afire
An upcoming issue of Verse Afire, the flagship semi-annual magazine from The Ontario Poetry Society, will feature Ottawa poet Blaine Marchand’s definitive review of JC’s third poetry collection, published under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss.
Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue offers over 60 found poems which use words and phrases drawn unaltered from obituaries published in the Globe and Mail.
Marchand’s cogent observations about this, her second book of found poems, include these quotes:
“…the poet creates tankas that are exquisitely beautiful, insightful, compelling, and haunting.”
“…these epilogues are tributes that encapsulate the nuances and fleeting moments that shape human life and emotions.”
“Over and over, these poems literally take one’s breath away, which is indeed a fit metaphor for such a book.”
JC thanks Blaine Marchant for sharing his insights into Life, after life, which Aeolus House published in the fall of 2024.
To read the review in full, click here.
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K. V. Skene reviews LIFE, AFTER LIFE–FROM EPITAPH TO EPILOGUE
Please check out Ontario poet K. V. Skene’s thoughtful and welcome response to JC’s 3rd poetry collection, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue.