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No Elegy for Jasper

Flowers at a makeshift memorial

find a broken pencil in the back of your kitchen drawer

Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:gun violence, lossLeave a comment on No Elegy for Jasper

no words

Soccer ball abandoned on rainy schoolyard

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 15, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:gun violence, lossLeave a comment on no words

Sanctuary

Shoes of someone going through chemotherapy

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 15, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, health1 Comment on Sanctuary

A Moment in Time

Family strolling in Hamburg Germany 1930

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:family, grandmother, holocaust, loss, memoryLeave a comment on A Moment in Time

I Would Have Called You Oma

oma's hands

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 15, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:grandmother, holocaust, loss, memoryLeave a comment on I Would Have Called You Oma

Walking around Lake Merritt on a Monday Morning

Trees by Lake Merritt in Oakland

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:city, lake merritt, oaklandLeave a comment on Walking around Lake Merritt on a Monday Morning

Cooking Lessons

My mother counting gefilte fish before the Passover seder

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:childhood, food, memoryLeave a comment on Cooking Lessons

Found

find a broken pencil in the back of your kitchen drawer

Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:childhood, food, memoryLeave a comment on Found

Vienna and Israel, Shmaya’ s Bar Mitzvah

We knew there were demonstrations after a vote which put limits on the power of the Supreme Court which was very divisive, but Andy thought he could bypass the potential traffic mess ,,,

Posted byjoannejagodaAugust 21, 2023August 21, 2023Posted inNewsTags:Bar Mitzvah, israel, Vienna1 Comment on Vienna and Israel, Shmaya’ s Bar Mitzvah

Morocco, Part 2-Covid, Our Thanksgiving Covid Tsunami

I almost could not believe my eyes when I saw the telltale two lines.

Posted byjoannejagodaDecember 14, 2022December 16, 2022Posted inNewsTags:covid, Morocco trip, Thankisgiving 20221 Comment on Morocco, Part 2-Covid, Our Thanksgiving Covid Tsunami

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