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Category Archives: Haiku
#Poetry Friday–Poetry and Art Workshop
Top left ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Jody Wilson, top right haiga © 2019 Celeste, bottom ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Brenda Happy Poetry Friday! Jone Rush MacCulloch is hosting this … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Cherita, #PoetryFriday, Art, books, ekphrastic, friends, haiga, Haiku, Humanity, Jone Rush Macculloch, Libraries, Michelle Kogan, Morton Grove Public Library, nature, poems, poetry, Poetry and Art Workshop, Ponder, reflections, Students, summer, Watercolor
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#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”
Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Solstice Amis", 2019 New US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Word Edgewise, Action, animals, bees, chicago, earth, environment, family, friends, Garden pics, Help our Climate, Humanity, Joy Harjo, June, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Caterpillars, people, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, Summer Solstice, thoughts, Truth, wings, Women
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Register for Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes
Figure study, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor pencil. Register for one of my Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center, they begin in one week, on June 10, 2019. I’m offering the following classes & workshops. For Registration … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, books, Children's Picture Book Illustration, environment, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing and Painting, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, Pen and Ink and Dr. Martin, Plein Air Painting, Plein Air Workshop, poems, poetry, Poetry and Art, reflections, Summer Art Classes, thoughts
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#NaPoWriMo Day 29 #haiku & recycled #WIP due to time shortage…
hey mother nature us birds and flowers are here, don’t ya know it’s spring… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, birds, earth, environment, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, thoughts, Truth, wings, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions
Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, Action, American Poets, Art, Carol Varsalona, Children, Cohabitate cordially, earth, environment, family, Flowers, getting along, Humanity, hummingbirds, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kim Dower, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poetry and the Environment, Poetry Foundation, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, WIP, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 22: Happy #EarthDay!
earth day seagulls, keow they say, every days earth day! © Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Earth Day 2019, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, animals, Art, birds, Children, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seagulls, spirit, thoughts, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 17 & #internationalhaikuday
Inspired by my backyard bunny model… just bunny and me munching, scratching, munching winters dreams away… 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #internationalhaikuday, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, Art, Bunnies, earth, environment, friends, McihelleKogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, thoughts, Waiting, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 8 #haiku, #watercolor
three star narcissus laugh at ignorance and speak truth without words… © 2019 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, bee, earth, environment, friends, Haiku, Humanity, ignorance, Michelle Kogan, Narcissus, Ponder, reflections, stars, Truth, Writing
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#NPM Day 6 #haiku & #watercolor
sun and curl soak rays in visionary serpent… 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: Academy of American … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NPM, animals, Art, earth, environment, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, serpent, Snakes, spring, sunning, visionary, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing
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#PoetryFriday–#NPM Day 3 & 4 2019
Happy Poetry Friday and National Poetry Month! The last few weeks they’ve had ranunculus in the grocery store, and I’ve a soft spot for them, which is justified because I can always bring them to my Watercolor classes for my … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, cats, Flowers, Kitty, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, ranunculus, thoughts, Waiting, Writing
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