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

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Three Haiku Poems

Snowflakes like fairies
from a fissure in heaven
a fun flotilla

A daughter will fly
each generation is more
she is more than me

A son makes you smile
because now he is a man
his voice brings new joy

5 comments:

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

Lovely. Do you share these with your children?

If I don't get a chance to say it later, have a happy Thanksgiving.

John Ettorre said...

That final stanza hit me with special force, given that I'm marveling over my two college-age sons as they come home for the holidays for the first time. My pride in them swells my chest so that I can barely breathe at certain moments.

Pat Washington said...

That last Haiku made me stop to comment, too. My son turns 13 in two days, and I just can't express the love and pride I have for him. I love to see him turning into a kind-hearted, thougtful, young man.

Great poetry!

Pat Washington said...

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Anonymous said...

3 really nice haiku poems. The simplicity inspite of content is the nice thing about haiku
haiku poems