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Category Archives: Children’s Illustration & Writing
#NaPoWriMo day 19 haiku and sketch
soaking up midday sun, violets admire city folks… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so far: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, city, earth, environment, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, sketchbook, sun, violets, Writing
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Poetry Friday: #NaPoWriMo Earth Day & Art Exhibits
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Early Earth Day! Happy National Poetry Month! … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, Art Exhibits, drawing, earth day, environment, Gallery 1070, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Protect Earth, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, spring, Studio b., The Emergent Garden
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#NaPoWriMo Day 17 haiku and WIP watercolor
transfixed by indoor tulips, sparrow waits patiently… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so far: Poem one– … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, chicago weather, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems, poetry, sparrow, spring, Tulips, watercolors
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#NaPoWriMo Day 15-found poem
BIRDS’ PERSPECTIVE In a courtyard of Mexico, were wilson’s warblers– Yellow-bellied, black-capped hopping pathways, pausing to eat a bug. I wander in the courtyard paying attention to townsends and audubon warblers, knock-knock of a woodpecker overhead, robins, house finches, canyon … Continue reading
#NaPoWriMo day 14 haiku and sketch
indoor tulips stand gallantly, waiting, waiting … for midwest to warm. © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, Art, Chicago Spring, Cold Spring, drawing, environment, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Writing Month 2018, pen sketch, poem, poetry, thoughts, Tulips, Waiting, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 12 #haiku and #sketch
star narcissus nodding approval finally spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem two–Haiku Azaleas Poem three–ODE TO SHUN LEE Poem four–Haiku Daffodils Poem five–APRIL’S MYSTERIES Poem six–APRIL’S BUDS … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, earth, environment, finally Spring, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Narcissus, pen sketch, Plein Air, poem, poetry, spring flowers, sun, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 11 poem & sketch
APRIL SNAKE Slithering snake caught me by surprise while sunning herself in April’s warm eyes. Off she scurried, through left-over-fall leaves, hiding in the myriad of Spring’s drying sheaves. I waited, and waited, and watched–holding my stance tightly, seeking her … Continue reading
