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Category Archives: Halloween
# PoetryFriday– Halloween & Inktober
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m bidding farewell to #Inktober with this last October 31st post. And I guess temporarily to fall as today in Chicago we had winter–snow covered everything. I’m hoping ye old pumpkin came down and has put in … Continue reading
#PoetryFriday–Dad and #Inktober2019
Happy Poetry Friday! I have a few poems today, the first couple are for #Inktober2019, from this weeks prompts. In my first one I’m continuing our approaching holiday theme with the prompt word from Monday: treasure. TREASURE Find treasure… spinning … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, ancient, Constancy, dad, Dreidels, family, Ghost, gingko tree, Halloween, Hanukkah, Holidays, Judgement, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Treasure, Trust
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#Inktober2019 Day 5 and Haiku
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:
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, Action, Art, earth, family, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, patience, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Ponder, pumpkin, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Inktober & Halloween Cards
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
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, Art, earth, environment, friends, Halloween Cards, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, poems, Poetry Friday, thoughts, Truth, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Vote Blue!
Vote Blue, Blue Wave Peace Pumpkin, 10-31-2018, Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! Our Midterm US elections are in less than a week. I’m using this opportunity to encourage all US citizens to take part in their civic duty and get out and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged "Vote and Save Our Nation", Blue Wave, change, Democracy, demonstrate, Freedom, Immigration, inalienable rights, Michelle Kogan, Midterms, organize, Poetry Friday, Vote, Vote Blue, women reproductive rights
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#Poetry Friday-#inktober- mother moon
mother moon silently, through layers of leaves still holding on i spy your sparkling, spherical, light © 2018 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! A short and sweet post today for our forthcoming Halloween… … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Action, Art, early voting 2018, earth, environment, Halloween, Halo, Humanity, Inktober 2018, Michelle Kogan, moon, mother moon, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, spirit, Writing
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#Inktober day 21 2018 Letter “N” and haiku
nary a moment for nonsense but only for you pumpkin numpkin. © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Art, earth, environment, Haiku, Inktober 2018 Pumpkins, Michelle Kogan, nary a moment, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, spirit, thoughts, Writing
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#Inktober 2018 day 16 letter “S” & zeno poem
SWEETS, TRICKS & TREATS… Sweets, tricks and treats await even the faint of heart, yes you Child… Come be beguiled by my wild magic, s-p-o-o-k-y- Yeah–you’ve Smiled! © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Halloween, Inktober 2018, magic, Michelle Kogan, plants, poems, poetry, reflections, Spooky, suculent, sugarskull, sweets, treats, tricks
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#PoetryFriday-#Inktober2018 Day 5
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Inktober 2018! October first began the event of Inktober, which involves creating and posting an ink drawing each day for the entire month of October. The event has artists and others participating all over the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, #inktober2018, Art, brush pens, dip pens, Dr. Martins, Halloween, ink, Jake Parker, Jonathan Swift, Michelle Kogan, moon, Painting, Pen and Ink, reflections, spider webs, spiders, Tabatha Yeatts, watercolors
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