A Haiku for Boston, Day 18 National Poetry Writing Month

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

 

 

For Day 18 of National Poetry Writing Month my thoughts and heartfelt wishes go out to the city of Boston, family, friends and all that were at the Monday Marathon.

© Michelle Kogan Barred Owl, Watercolor and watercolor pencil and photoshop

my heart sighs Boston
soar forever fleet-footed
precious earthly souls

About Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Michelle Kogan is an artist, illustrator, instructor, and writer, creating colorful allegorical figure, flora and fauna paintings and children's illustrations, which have a sensitivity to endangered species, and the environment. She is an art instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Evanston Art Center and offers Plein Air Painting Workshops at nature venues in the Chicago area including the Lincoln Park Conservatory, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and Lurie Gardens at Millennium Park. Visit her online Etsy Shop at: http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com and her website: http://www.michellekogan.com
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4 Responses to A Haiku for Boston, Day 18 National Poetry Writing Month

  2. Ellen Dohner Livingston says:
    April 18, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    You captured so succinctly how my heart sighs for the city of my birth, my parents, a hometown now so wounded, so precious we must hold it close and know it will recover soon.

    Reply

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