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Category Archives: Holidays
Poetry Friday–Ghazal Challenge
Happy Poetry Friday We were invited to try on a Ghazal Poem form for the month of May, by the Poetry Sisters. Thanks to all the Sister’s for this stretching challenge, Laura, Tanita, Mary Lee, Liz, Kelly, Tricia, Sara, and Andi. Find more of these poems tagged with … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Home, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, Balance, Bearded Iris, Center Balance, change, Earth Stewardship, Familial Cries, Ghazal, Michelle Kogan, Patricia J. Franz, poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Sisters, Reverie, Slow, time
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Poetry Friday–Mother’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Mother’s Day! Still busy and filled-to-the-gills, so popping in with a 4 x 4 poem and brief Mother’s Day post for all feathered and unfeathered Mom’s all around… FEATHERED MAMA’S Flutter–fly–by Omnipresent On ground and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Mother's Day, #Poetry Friday, "Feathered Mama's", Art, Birdbaths, birds, butterflies, Cabbage White butterfly, Flowers, Happy Mother's Day, Helping mom, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, robins, Robyn Hood Black, spring, Tulips, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–#PocketPoem & Pablo Neruda Challenge
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing my poem from Thursday’s Poem in Your Pocket Day, and my DIY process for it. I folded my poem into a kinda flower to keep it safe in my pocket, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NPM, #pocketpoem, #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, Art, earth, environment, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month 2023, OPEN SEA, Pablo Neruda, Painting, poem, Poem in your pocket Day, poems, poetry, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, There's no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday- Earth Day & Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Earth Day, and Happy Poetry Month! HELP US! Look into my Hine’s Emerald dragonfly compound eyes anddiscover our gem-like history… Pooled within our 360 degree vision you’ll findwe’ve been here since the Triassic and Jurassic times, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #EarthDay2023, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #PoetryFriday, Art, dragonflies, endangered species, Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, Michelle Kogan, Mosquito eater, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Passover & Poet Adah Isaacs Menken
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy National Poetry Month! Happy Passover! I gave myself a tall order in this short poem… to spin out the Passover story in a short etheree. PASSOVER PRAYER-STORY Green grows out of earth, thoughts ponder rebirth, renewal. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #AuthorsTakeAction2023, #ClimatePoemProject, #National Poetry Month 2023, #Passover 2023, Adah Isaacs Menken, artist, Etheree, Gratitude, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Passover Story, Pen and Ink, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Refflection, Reflections on the teche, sketchbooks
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Poetry Friday–New Year, New Book, New Card!
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a New poem celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, a New Anthology Book I’m in, and a New Valentine’s Card. LUNAR SOLAR Lunisolar year of the rabbit year of the cat celebrate the animals in … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem
Tagged "Heron's Home", Art, Asian New Year, Caldwell Pond, Children's Poetry Anthology, Chinese New Year, Emphathy, Etsy Shop, kindness, Lunar, Lunisolar, M.R. Street, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, nature, Painting, patience, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, s Cards, SO MANY ANIMALS! A Child's Book of Poetry, Solar, Turtle Cove Press, Valentine, Valentine's Day Cards, Watercolor, Writing, Year of he Cat, Year of the Rabbit
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Poetry Friday–short poem, short post
Happy Poetry Friday! Here’s to a New Year and a New first poem… My tanka poem was inspired by Margaret Simon’s This Photo Wants to Be A Poem, post this week, thanks Margaret and for the photo too! Stop by … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged "mossy greenness", Bert Meyers, Catherine Flynn, classes, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, New Year, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Tanka, Teaching Art, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Box-4×4 Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday! My two poems below come from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a poem that has something to do with a “box.” I chose to write 4 x 4 poems, they have:– 4 stanzas– 4 syllables per … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Boxes of Love", "Chorus", 4 x 4 poems, Compassion, empathy, empowerment, Happy New Year!, Hope, Joy, Justice, kindness, love, Michelle Kogan, Patricia J. Franz, peace, Peter Streckfus, Reverie
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Poetry Friday–Hanukkah light, Solstice & Ukraine
Happy Poetry Friday! dance hanukkah flames spread light and freedom, fill hearts with joy and hope! © Michelle Kogan Here’s a short solstice haiku, welcoming winter and more light each day… solstice soirée breathe… live… love…laugh, and help someone. © … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #Hanukkah, #Hanukkah 2022, #Poetry Friday, "WE LIVED HAPPILY DURING THE WAR", Art, Freedom, GoFundMe, Hanukkah Card, Ilya Kaminsky, Joy and hope, light, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poets of Odesa, reflections, Rob Lipton, Ukraine, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Seeds/Bulbs & New Watercolor Sketchbook…
serene seed angels spread wings and ride wind’s whirls, while winter tucks them tight. © 2022 Michelle Kogan draft Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been busy trying out the 4 x 4 poem form, ever since I saw Tanita Davis’ post … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, December, earth, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, MIlkweed, Milkweed seeds, Muscari Bulbs, November, Pocket Watercolor Sketchbook, Seed angels, Sugar Plum Fairy Glass Duo, Winter Bulbs, Winter Seeds
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