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A collection of poems by Joan Cassidy Vayo (1930-2019).

1979 Joan Vayo at writing desk Joan Vayo

A lyric poet, Joan (aka Mom) wrote poetry from her grade school years until just before her death at age 89.

Her work was published in Seventeen magazine, Yankee, America, and others. She self-published a collection of her poetry, titled when in the rain a snow.

Family blog posts tagged with Poems include her poems, plus writing from a few other family members.

The typewriter

The typewriter

Carefully sorting through the precious photos from Mom and Dad’s past, I’ve come across a stack of tiny prints from 1953. Dad confirms that they were photos Mom sent to him while he was serving in the Army overseas. They are nothing short of charming, as Mom added a tiny note to each. Dad brought them home from Korea and saved them all these years. The newlyweds must have missed each other desperately. There was no Internet or mobile-phone service…

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