Diane Vogel Ferri’s full-length poetry book is Everything is Rising (Luchador Press). Her latest novel is No Life But This: A Novel of Emily Warren Roebling (Atbosh Media) Her essays have been published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Scene Magazine, and Yellow Arrow Journal, among others. Her poems can be found in numerous journals such as Wend Poetry, Blue Heron Review, Rubbertop Review, and Poet Lore. Her previous publications are Liquid Rubies (poetry), The Volume of Our Incongruity (poetry), and The Desire Path (novel). She has done many poetry readings locally. Diane’s essay, “I Will Sing for You” was featured at the Cleveland Humanities Festival in 2018. A former teacher, she holds an M.Ed from Cleveland State University and is a founding member of Literary Cleveland. Her poem, For You, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of The Net 2023

Thursday, September 4, 2008

SKYWATCH FRIDAY - For the Birds


Oh, give the birds a resting place
in your private silhouette.
Surrounded in peachy-pink dusk,
formidable in the sunset.
Oh, give the birds a refuge
to tuck a head under a wing.
In your long and sturdy arms
they'll awaken again to sing.
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12 comments:

Photo Cache said...

Such a beautiful sight gives rests to the weary.

Brad Myers said...

Nice colors and very peaceful, thanks for stopping by.

Kathie Brown said...

Now you know I love the birds and poetry, so this is a perfect post to me. Your poem expresses what I feel about trees. I feel the longing and the prayer in them.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Just love it. Perfect words to accopmany such a beautiful image.

Quiet Paths said...

I was drawn in by the words and was left musing on the photo. Very lovely.

Pat - Arkansas said...

Beautiful photo (love the colors) and a beautiful poem. Would that we all had such an embracing sanctuary during the passage of our nights.

Larry D said...

Great photo and verse!

Anonymous said...

yes, yes, yes - to both poem and photo.

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

Lovely photo, lovely poem.

Anonymous said...

nice skywatch Friday photo

Carole said...

Very very pretty! The colors are so soft and the tree in silhouette is very graceful.

SandyCarlson said...

Ah, the power of trees, the comfort and strength and refuge they offer. Beautiful! Thanks for your words and the photo.