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Category Archives: Poetry

Thrift Shop Blues

Thrift store rack

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 15, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:aging, downsizing, memories1 Comment on Thrift Shop Blues

One More Time

Vintage photo of house

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:home, leaving, memories, movingLeave a comment on One More Time

My Valentine’s Day

Magenta sunset

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:aging, love, marriageLeave a comment on My Valentine’s Day

A Walk in October

Fall leaves on the ground

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Posted byjoannejagodaFebruary 11, 2026February 12, 2026Posted inPoetryTags:aging, autumn, fall, walkingLeave a comment on A Walk in October

No Elegy for Jasper

Flowers at a makeshift memorial

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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:cancer, chemotherapy, breast cancer, 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

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