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

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Things I Like

My friend and writing buddy, Amy, at the Writer's Closet wrote a list of things she likes so I thought I'd give it a try. The list does not include anything related to family or friends or anything else too obvious.And it's in no particular order. Try your own list and I'll check it out.

pencils
my feet
reuben sandwiches
hot tea
toe rings
writing poetry
New York City
smell of burning leaves
General Hospital
being home alone
birds
flip-flops
the sky
Cheez-Its
reading to kids
M&M's
lilacs
I Love Lucy
My mom's art
praying
looking at photo albums
bonfires and s'mores
wine
dogs
reading beautiful writing
winter
yoga
snow on evergreens
singing notes above high C
quiet
Thanksgiving
watching Michael dance
sad songs
the Brahm's german Requiem
watching TV in bed
llamas
violets
bike riding
lyrics
my guitar
blogging
singing in the car
words
pianos
coexisting - to name a few

7 comments:

WH said...

You can't beat llamas and guitars. I'd be lost without mine :)

Lena said...

great list. Fun idea.

Jan said...

Good things to like. Glad you're still blogging and liking it, since so many friends rarely do that anymore.

Moohaa said...

Cool list...

Words, pencils, lilacs.. oh lilacs! :) Singing in the car. Nothing like it.. such freedom!

Cheryl said...

What a great idea. I'm going to do this. Remind myself of the things that make me happy.

John Ettorre said...

I'm rather partial to one of those myself--reading beautiful writing--which is why I keep coming back to this blog.

Kat Mortensen said...

Great list, Diane! I like singing in my car too.
General Hospital, eh? I'm addicted to British soaps, but occasionally will check out the Y & R.