Category Archives: Haiku

#PoetryFriday–#Inktober, ornaments & new card

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

  Happy Poetry Friday!  I’m sharing a few poems and quick sketches from the past week for #Inktober2019. The one above has turned into a holiday card (and will be posted soon in my Etsy Shop) with this haiku on … Continue reading →

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#Poetry Friday–Inktober day 10 Patterns

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with another haiku to accompany my inktober drawing, WIP. Thinking about our encroaching cold weather and all that fluffy snow that fills the ground…  The prompt word is pattern. nature’s patterns  inspire reflections  mirroring beauty … Continue reading →

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#Inktober2019 & three stanza haiku

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

Prompt: build. My ink wash drawing is my vision of the fabric/curtains that may have draped the first tabernacle so very long ago. TABERNACLES OF LOVE build tabernacles  of love, deep in your heart… growth will sprout where  soil was … Continue reading →

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#Inktober2019 Day 8 and haiku

Posted on October 8, 2019 by

redline full to gills, treading frail forgiveness… © 2019 Michelle Kogan    #Inktober2019 day 8 prompt: frail Thinking about repentance and forgiveness on this Erev Yom Kippur…   Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:    

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#Inktober2019 Day 5 and Haiku

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

pumpkin palooza– build patience, climb it up towards sky… © Michelle Kogan   #Inktober2019 day 5 prompt: build Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:

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Poetry Friday–Inktober & Halloween Cards

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a dual focus today… First I’m participating in #Inktober2019, and along with the ink drawing I’m writing short poems–mostly haikus. I’m also attempting this year to follow Jake Parker’s prompts, (the originator of Inktober … Continue reading →

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#Inktober2019 Day 2 and haiku

Posted on October 2, 2019 by

mindless rain washed away morning– crossing guard gleamed © 2019 Michelle Kogan prompt: mindless   For more info on Inktober stop by Jake Parker’s website.

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#Inktober2019 Day 1 and Haiku

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

rings of nature wrap around moonflower… moth–nighttime’s beauty © 2019 Michelle Kogan   For more info on Inktober stop by Jake Parker’s website.

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Poetry Friday–Lobelia and Fall…

Posted on September 5, 2019 by

  Happy Poetry Friday! I had a week off in between my summer and fall classes that I teach, and tried to fit in a little bit of painting… My hearts still in summer but the leaves that are falling … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–For Lee Bennett Hopkins, #DearOneLBH

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday!  This week for Poetry Friday many of us have written poems for our Dear Poet Pied Piper Lee Bennett Hopkins, who we just lost. We have borrowed lines from his poems and then created a new poem … Continue reading →

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