Just out and available online and in print is ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal’’s glorious first issue of 2026 with its focus on themes related to children and childhood.
JC thanks the editors of this international publication for selecting her free verse poem, “Back to where we belong,” first published in South Shore Suite…Poems (Point Petre Publishing).
The poem captures an adult child’s return home to convalesce and the push and pull the parent feels during that period of intense closeness.
As Editor Lou Riegler observed, “JC Sulzenko writes with clarity and honesty giving voice to emotions that many people feel but are reluctant to express. As both a mother and a poet, she offers reassurance to her readers, gently reminding us that letting go is, fundamentally, an act of love.”Here’s a link to the issue where you can read “Back to where we belong” and from where you can order the publication in digital or print form: https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/3279411