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for ELLEN JAFFE
8 Entries
Joanne Traum Raffel
March 29, 2022
Ellen and I became friends in nursery school at age 3 and lost touch about ten years later. We reconnected about two years ago during Covid to share memories (and pictures!). I had reached out to her because I had long wondered where life's journey would take this bright, creative child who loved to write and create wonderful stories. There she was, an established writer: no surprise. I was so glad we were able to re-establish our friendship during her brave fight with cancer. (Ellen is second from the right in the front row; I am on her left.)
Marilyn Gear Pilling
March 24, 2022
I am sad to hear that Ellen Jaffe died and glad that she had three years after her diagnosis to live fully and visit her son and his family and be with her much loved partner. Ellen did a lot of good in this world. She had a kind heart, and her poetry reached many people. She will be greatly missed.
Conrad DiDiodato
March 24, 2022
My deepest condolences to Ellen's family and friends.
Ellen was a remarkable individual with whom I'd had the privilege of sharing the mic at many a poetry reading (including my own). The person (like the poetry) was kind, gracious and beautifully lyrical.
Rest in peace, fellow poet
"Nothing ends with you---
every leaf on the ground
remembers the root" (Cid Corman)
Kim Condari
March 24, 2022
I am so sorry to hear about Ellen. She was a kind, gentle and loving woman. I was involved in the sale of of her home in Hamilton. Fondly remembered!
Jeanne Robinson
March 22, 2022
We were lucky when she would come to a writing workshop . She encouraged us all about all our writing and whenever I had writers block with one gentle suggestion would open the flood gates it was such a joy and Honor to be in her presence. Thank you Ellen for your company and guidance , every time I pick up pen and paper I will think of you. I will miss you.
Dahnylo
March 22, 2022
"I will miss seeing her face and hearing her voice, and knowing that she was always there, even when afar...
She has crossed a river that I must wait to cross before I see her again.
When I see a river I will think of her"
Terry Kay.
May we traverse, in time, the crags and slopes of sorrow, to come at last into that beautiful valley of peace and revelation, where the flowers of her memory bloom forever.
Vincent De Mercedes-Angelssen
March 22, 2022
"She is dwelling now
not in this care-laden world of man,
but there where only peace and love avow
again together with her dearest ones"
V.A.
Our dear Ellen will forever live in us through her
always inspiring poems.Her loving, caring ways,
her precious smile and her comforting disposition
As ever, in our hearts...
My respect and condolences to her friends and dear
ones.
May her shining spirit be a beacon, to guide us
through our grief.
Danny & Terry Gaisin
March 22, 2022
Ellen was a regular contributor to our Ontario Arts Review website (44 articles) including one presented by Nunavut's Qaggio Collective entitled "KIVIUQ" which attracted appreciative letters from Indigenous chiefs across Canada. She was erudite, insightful and her submissions never needed editing! She was a delight and will be missed. Our condolences to all her family and numerous friends.
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