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Author Archives: Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing
Poetry Friday–WIP & Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a very short post… I’m working on an exhibit proposal that’s due very soon. The WIP image here is an environmental piece that has two haikus, here they are: it’s the bees kneesas long … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged A Word Edgewise, Art, bees, Carol Labuzzetta, drawing, endangered species, exhibits, Flowers, Fritillary Butterfly, gardens, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, mother's day, nature, Painting, Picture Perfect Poetry, poem, poems, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, reflections, submissions, Violas, WIP, Writing
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Poetry Friday–May & Sevenling Poems
Happy Poetry Friday HAPPY MAY!!!!! I love the month of May!its sound in your mouth, its taste in the air, the scents, birds beaks full of nest gatheringssong birds persistent ch-ch-ch singing,even mud-lushyness we keep trailing in, and finallythe au … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, artist, Balance, Bridgemaker, Buffy Silverman, Building Nests, Equilibium, May, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature lover, Opposites, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Robin, Sevenling Poem, spring, Writer, Writing
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2024 Kidlit Progressive Poem–Last Stop!
Greetings all Progressive Poem writers and followers! Wow, what a poem this year, hope I did it justice. Welcome to the last day and last stop for our 2024 Progressive Poem. We started a little off the beaten track writing … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #NPM2024, care, Children, earth, Hope, Humanity, Irene Latham, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month 2024, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Progressive Poem, reflections, Safety, sun, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem Book & Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing a mix this week, wrapping up with my Abecedarian Spring Poem Book and also the Poetry Sisters April prompt to write a poem from unanswerable questions and answer them, via “the work of Rebecca Kai … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem
Tagged #Abecedarian Poem Book, #National Poetry Month 2024, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Flowers, Georgia Heard, Humanity, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, Passover, Passover 2024, Poetry Books, Poetry Flipbook, Prayer, Progressive Poem 2024, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rondel, Ruth Bowen Hersey, spring, Unanswerable Questions
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Poetry Friday: Seed–filled Trinet Poem
Happy Poetry Friday! Sneaking in a quick post for Poetry Friday and National Poetry Month… I’ll return to my Abecedarian Poem book next week to close out April and National Poetry Month. The poem I’m sharing is a Trinet, a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NPM, #NPM2024, artist, Chicago Artist, Chicago poet, Chicago Writer, drawing, Dreams, Growth, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, planting, poems, reflections, Roots, Seeds, springtime, Trinet Poem Form, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem for #NPM2024
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m back again with some updates for my Abecedarian Spring Poetry book project. Some lines have changed, some are new, some are waiting… Some new art images and many waiting… Next Friday, I may be taking a … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NPM2024, #Poetry Friday, April Abecedarian Spring Poem Book, Art, artist, Flower Lover, Jama Rattigan, Jone Rush Macculloch, Kidlitosphere, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month, nature, nature lover, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Progressive Poem, reflections, Watercolor, Writer, Writing
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Poetry Friday–National Poetry Month
Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month I’m creating an Abecedarian Poem–Poetry Book. I’m going to share a bit of my WIP and a mini-sample book. While I’m working on the poem throughout the week and month, I probably won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged Abecedarian Poem, April Abecedarian Spring Poem Book, artist, backyard gardents, Daffodils, Irene Latham, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kidlit, Live Your Poem, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Progressive Poem 2024, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday—Peepo Pantoum & Summer Print…
Happy Poetry Friday From Me and this Lovely Hippo! Thanks to all the Poetry Sisters for sharing their Pantoum Animal Poem prompt with us, for the month of March! Do stop by their sites to see where they’ve taken this … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Habitat Loss, #Hippopotamus, #Hippos, #Pantoum, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, #underappreciated, archival prints, Bookmarks, Etsy Shop, Giclée, Hummingbird and Backyard Flowers, hummingbirds, Incognito, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Microhabitats, prints, threatened species, Tricia Stohr-Hunt
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Poetry Friday— SPRING…
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Spring! Though I must say here in Chicago as in much of the midwest we’ve dipped back into winter temps, hopefully briefly… Last week Linda Baie had a lovely spring poem on her blog Teacher Dance, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #Pollinators, Art, bees, Chicago Artist, Chicago poet, Chicago Writer, Hyacinths, Imagine the Possibilities, Mary Lee Hahn Rose Cappelli, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature lovers, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, spring, Spring in Chicago 2024, Sprites, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Kittywampus… & peeks of spring
The world has felt very heavy to me of late… Hoping to find some lightness with the coming spring. KITTYWAMPUS EQUILIBRIUM On overload oh so overload this load may tip over though, overload feels shallow when the world is crying— … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Narsissus, #Poetry Friday, #Spring, #Spring Flowers, Art, Balance, Chicago Artist, Chicago poet, Chicago Writer, Equilibrium, Feelings, Haiku, Hate, Hope, Hope for Humanity, Kittywampus, Michelle Kogan, nature, Overload, patience, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Writing
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