Happy Poetry Friday!
I’m looking for that breath, that break, pause, between summer and fall… I haven’t found it yet, but I like September’s changes reminding me to keep on looking.
evening sky grows a
wee bit darker each day, and
autumn settles in…
© 2022 Michelle Kogan
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september moon
bewitch, beguiles, but sometimes
slips away too soon…
© 2022 Michelle Kogan
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LADYBUG RESCUE
For Lovely Ladybugs Everywhere
Hang’n out on this stalk
sure beats bathtub walk.
One of your relations
had a tub view too
but for that little bug…
I fear it was their final view.
Though here you are
climbing away
free as any September day
carrying on, on your way
as if nothing unusual
ever happened today…
© 2022 Michelle Kogan
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I’m building a closer kinship with these lovely ladybugs as they’ve helped me all summer long with my milkweed and other plants. They have such strength and determination and are a marvel to watch too!
Here’s a detail from Ladybug by the Lake archival print available in my Etsy Shop:
Carol Varsalona at her bog Beyond LiteracyLink is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup, thanks Carol, I’m looking forward to your post!
Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 
I love that song, Michelle. While grandmasitting today for my sick little 2 1/2-year-old, she said I don’t like that song, Grandma. What a beautiful photo of the moon. I was just commenting on its beauty tonight in Virginia. Your art print is beautiful nd I love your little ladybug – adorable accompanying poem. Would you like to add your photo and 2nd haiku to the Poetryliscious Padlet?
Thanks Carol! Sure I’d be happy to, I’ll see if I can find a link on your post, otherwise please send it to me.
Michelle, I just opened the padlet for others to add their poetic expressions. You can find it at https://padlet.com/cvarsalona/awz68cfim4nac1rp.
Hi Carol, just dropped it into your Fall Padlet. Busy Weekend with my Etsy Shop, and Sunday morning’s Chicago torrential rains, which flooded our basement… Thanks for inviting me!
I found my pause in your lovely summer haikus, Michelle.
I love the song, too, thanks for the memory, Michelle. I’ve seen a few of those ladybugs lately, too. The moon is full tonight, can’t wait! Thanks for the September beauty as “autumn settles in”! We’ve had a cold front arrive during the night, from 99 to 70, heavenly!
Thanks for the September joy. EWAF is the perfect backdrop for the wonders of ladybugs and bewitching, beguiling moons. Get up and dance!!
I really enjoyed your poem about the moon. And hooray for ladybugs!
You captured all the vibes of this not-quite-summer not-quite-fall time known as September. Change is in the air, the moon is full but the days shorten, and we sing our gardens’ (and our ladybugs’) praises even as they fade from their glory.
I’ve been playing September and singing along (badly) a lot already. It’s the earworm of this month. LOL. And, what a great ladybug poem. They really ARE so helpful as well as the cutest bugs ever.
I’m beginning to feel that “settling in” of autumn feeling. Had a distince, “The season is changing” feeling while on a walk the other day. Lovely poems to capture the feeling, Michelle!