COEXIST: September 2018

COEXIST: Poetry, Books, and Essays by Diane Vogel Ferri

A Slow Journey to Totality

The title and cover of my new poetry book refers to the total eclipse we witnessed last spring but also it is a reference to the lifelong journey to grow, learn, and become whole human beings.

Women's March 1/21/17

Reading from "Liquid Rubies"

If God gives you something to do, why in the world wouldn't you do it?
Stephen King

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too can become great." Mark Twain

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Bridge to a Millennium

This is my only published piece of art and one of the very few completely original ideas I've ever come up with. It was for the cover of a CD.

Skywatch Friday

Sunrise over the Western Hemisphere