#NaPoWriMo day 4 #tanka & #sketch

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Growing-Beauty--4-4-2017

Growing Beauty

on a cold spring day,
go and seek out beauty,
in the dark rich soil
sprouting, crinkling, reaching,
honesty in action.

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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2 Responses to #NaPoWriMo day 4 #tanka & #sketch

margaretsmn says:

April 4, 2017 at 7:42 pm

Nature is always honest, even in the dark soil.

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- Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting & Writing says:
  
  April 4, 2017 at 11:18 pm
  
  Thanks Margaret, yes, I think you are correct, and I think this poem is the beginning of a longer poem.
  
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