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

Monday, May 4, 2009

Postscript to a Poem

Women who decide to embrace the maturity and intellectual attainment of middle age are far more attractive than the sad specimens clinging like desperate survivors to the sinking raft of youth.
Daniel Bell

5 comments:

Kat Mortensen said...

That sounds about right, but I'd rather hear it coming from a woman, I think.

Kat

Moohaa said...

Ouch.

(Spoken from someone not looking forward to turning 32 at the end of the month.) ;)

Fran said...

I think it is brilliant!

John Ettorre said...

He said a mouthful. As for hearing it come from a woman, Poetikat, you did indeed hear it coming from our hostess, Diane, in the previous post, her lovely poem called Glory Days.

Susan's Snippets said...

DVF -

I will cling to the raft as long as I can armed with the knowledge that I still can swim...if need be!!

out on the sea