South Shore Suite – Poems – paperback

“South Shore Suite” is the first section of the book. These poems emerged from JC’s commitment to post a line of poetry a day on her website for more than a year. Influenced by haiku and tanka forms, they have their roots in the landscape of Prince Edward County on Lake Ontario.

​The following section, “Second Nature”, brings a wider lens to the natural world, not limited to the time frame of “South Shore Suite” nor to Prince Edward County’s geography.  The third section, “Cameo Appearances”, includes poems from a series based on interviews she conducted with people in different professions about the life choices they have made. Versions of some of these pieces appeared elsewhere under the name A. Garnett Weiss, a pseudonym she often uses to differentiate between genres and to provide her another platform from which to profile her work in social media and on her websites. “Cradle to Grave” traces the cycle of life and highlights the poems closest to her personal experience.