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Category Archives: Haiku
Poetry Friday–ZYGO-WONDER, poem & painting
Happy Poetry Friday! My beautiful zygocactus begged me to take a break this week and capture her in color and words… The little elf on my shoulder kept whispering in my ear, you have new holiday cards to post, and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Bearded Iris Fall, beauty, Beyond Literacy Link, Carol Varsalona, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, Plummeting temps Chicago, poem, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Zygocactus
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Poetry Friday–Fall Surprise… Haikus
Happy Poetry Friday! november backyardbearded surprise, but will youbloom in time… © 2021 Michelle Kogan And look here comes color… but I don’t know if she will open because snow is coming too…Oh by the way, she didn’t bloom in … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #throughwindowku, Art, autumn, Bearded Iris, fall, Gratitude, haiku, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, mourning doves, nature, November, poems, poetry, Radio Rhythm Rhyme, reflections, Surprises, Watching Falling leaves, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Holiday Lights & “This Photo Wants to be…”
hanukkah lights spreadglowing warmth, like familyleaning in for hugs © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a couple short poems today as I’m busy preparing for a Holiday Show, the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Annual Winter Arts … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #COP26, #PoetryFriday, A(nother) Year of Reading, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Hanukkah Greeting Cards, International Climate Conference 2021, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Reflections on the teche, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem
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Poetry Friday—#Birdtober: American Woodcock
Happy Poetry Friday! Well I’m down to doing about one or two #Birdtober, #Inktober art/poems per week. Teaching, prepping for a holiday show, and life in general is only allowing me to squeeze in a few—but I’m having so much … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #American Woodcock, #Birdtober, #inktober, #kidlitart, #PoetryFriday, @aholmesartstudio, artist, birds, Haiku, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poet
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Poetry Friday–Summer’s End
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a quick acrostic poem for our changing season and Summer’s end… And a Poem Swap poem and art that I sent to Iphigene Daradar earlier this summer. SEASONS CLIMAX Sunflowers squeeze out profuse buds … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Backyard gardens, #kidlit artist, #MIlkweed, #Morning Glories, #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poem Swap 2021, #Sunflowers, #Zinnias, Acrostic Poem, Art, Evanston Art Center, Harper College Community Education, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fall 2021 Art Classes, My Juicy little universe, Summer's End, Tabatha Yeatts, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–Apples, Wrens, and Fall…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a poem and WIP watercolor painting. I don’t have a title yet for the poem, it’s very new… Follow nature let her lead you into Falls harvest with abundant apples mimicking earth’s ever-turning roundness. Apples … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, poetry, Writing
Tagged Apple orchards, Apples, Apples and Wren watercolor, Art, backyard gardens, calm breaths, Caro Labuzzetta, haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature lovers, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, The Apples in My Orchard, Watercolor, Wrens, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Cycling & Breath
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem below was inspired by Margaret Simon’s blog post yesterday for, THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM, on her blog Reflections on the Teche. I substituted a bicycle photo of my own, so do drop … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged "Cycling Memories", "World Balance", breath, Christie Wyman, Covid Delta Variant, Diamante, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, moon, Painting, Perseid Meteor Shower, Poem Poetry, Reflections on the teche, Sorrow, sunflowers, Watercolor, Wildfires, Wondering and Wandering
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Poetry Friday – Summer Poem Swap & Villanelle Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m happy to share my Gorgeous Summer Poetry Swap art and poem written and painted by Iphigene Daradar in the Philippines. I received my poetry swap from Iphigene last week via email, and serendipitously I sent … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap 2021, #Villanelle, "Free As A Bird" The Beetles, Acrylic, Art, birds, Children, Clark's Nutcracker, haiku, Laura Purdie Salas, Learning, Mary Iphigene Daradar, Memory, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Rebecca Herzog, Tabatha Yeatts, Tanita S. Davis, Tree Roots, trees
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Poetry Friday—Father’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Father’s Day with a new poem and older haiku. Father’s and families woven together over generationsfilled with traditions old and new, adapt to time while holding fast to families integrity. Father’s and families grow together … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, Father's and Families, Father's Day, haiga, Haiku, June 2021, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Remembering Father, Sketching, Writing
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