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Category Archives: Nature
Poetry Friday–Peace and Rosh Hashanah
I’m offering up some heartfelt poetry and art (WIP, detail) for Poetry Friday–and this full week, filled with spirtualism, religious holidays, and social activism. Wednesday night began the Jewish Holiday Rosh Hashanah, one of the Jewish high holidays, where Jews … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Rivers of Babylon", 2017 International Day of Peace, Art, environment, family, Humanity, Jewish New Year, Jimmy Cliff, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, peace, Peace Poems, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Watercolor, WIP, Writing
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Poetry Friday, FREE–AN ECHO TO LANGSTON HUGHES–Golden Shovel
Sharing a WIP watercolor along with my golden shovel poem, FREE–AN ECHO TO LANGSTON HUGHES. The poem reflects on this past weeks hurricanes and again our times. I feel everyone ought to be able to dream, although this simple act is … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Carole Boston Weatherford, Free, FREE–AN ECHO TO LANGSTON HUGHES, Freedom, Golden Shovel Poem, Langston Hughes, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, watercolors
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Poetry Friday–A Villanelle:HUMANITY
September Morning Glories, watercolor and watercolor pencil, © 2017 Michelle Kogan I have been lost in the sea of events unfolding in the U.S.A. and around the world. The times seem ever so precarious. I’ve taken to my pen to … Continue reading
Poetry Friday Oatmeal for all
I’m sharing a poem that I composed earlier this week, the thoughts are reflections for the people who’ve all been affected by hurricane Harvey. I’m posting this from my phone while on a mini college visit with my daughter in … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, chicago, community, Compassion, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, nature, oatmeal, people, poem, poetry, reflections, sharing, thoughts, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Poem Swap & Response
I received a surprise envelope all the way from tropical Hawaii this week. With these lovely drawings and haiku to accompany. They came from Joy Acey, and she also sent me a beautiful card with a view of their “island … Continue reading
Posted in ACEO, Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Endangered Hawaiian Goose, environment, Haiku, Hawaii, Joy Acey, Michelle Kogan, nene, Painting, poems, Poetry Friday, Sale, SALE http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, travel, Watercolor, wings, Writing
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Sail over to my SALE in my Etsy Shop!
There’s all different ways to Sail … Through the air … Through water … Through a river … Through writing … Sail by for my Sale in my online Etsy Shop: Michelle Kogan fine art … Continue reading
Posted in ACEO, Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, books, Children, earth, environment, ETSY SHOP SALE, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Sale, sun, thoughts, Watercolor, wings, Women
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ECLIPSE 2017 & the state of things …
INALIENABLE ECLIPSE Celestial stirrings filled the air Darkness is coming, you best beware. Moon between our earth and sun Blocking light, are we undone? No peeking, no solar glass hardware. Eclipse, eclipse, hurry now, ready Helter-skelter, stay focused–steady Start your … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Resist, Action, Eclipse, Eclipse 2017, Flowers, Involved, involvement, Michelle Kogan, pen, poem, poetry, Read, sparrow
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Poetry Friday Seagull, Beach, & Water …
As the summer seems to be slipping away, I’m sharing poems of seagulls, beaches, and water for Poetry Friday. I finally spent a few hours at the lake this week intending on sketching, but visited with my friend more. A … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #WorldWatercolorGroup, Art, beaches, chicago, drawing, lake Michigan, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Reflections on the teche, Seagulls, summer, watercolors, wings
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Poetry Friday–Poems form poems
I’m sharing two beautiful poems I received last week from Tabatha Yeatts, for the Summer Poetry Sway. Tabatha shared with me May Sarton’s poem, The Work of Happiness. She then wrote Fellowship, an ekphrastic golden shovel using the painting I did … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Writing
Tagged "Pollen", "The Work of Happiness", #PoetryFriday, #SummerPoetrySwap, Blessings, Ekphrastic Poem, Fellowship, gardens, Golden Shovel Poem, Happiness, May Sarton, Michelle Kogan, Naomi Shihab Nye, Painting, Poetry Foundation, Tabatha Yeatts, Turn Inward and Grow Blessings
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Afternoon #Garden #Haiku
busy bee buzzing amongst milkweed marvels winters far away … © 2017 Michelle Kogan SaveSave
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged bees, Busy Bee, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, photography, photos, poem, poetry, summer, wings, Wrting
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