Category Archives: Nature

Poetry Friday–May & Sevenling Poems

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday HAPPY MAY!!!!! I love the month of May!its sound in your mouth, its taste in the air, the scents, birds beaks full of nest gatheringssong birds persistent ch-ch-ch singing,even mud-lushyness we keep trailing in, and finallythe au … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, artist, Balance, Bridgemaker, Buffy Silverman, Building Nests, Equilibium, May, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature lover, Opposites, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Robin, Sevenling Poem, spring, Writer, Writing | 15 Comments

2024 Kidlit Progressive Poem–Last Stop!

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Greetings all Progressive Poem writers and followers! Wow, what a poem this year, hope I did it justice. Welcome to the last day and last stop for our 2024 Progressive Poem. We started a little off the beaten track writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #NPM2024, care, Children, earth, Hope, Humanity, Irene Latham, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month 2024, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Progressive Poem, reflections, Safety, sun, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem Book & Poem Prompt

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing a mix this week, wrapping up with my Abecedarian Spring Poem Book and also the Poetry Sisters April prompt to write a poem from unanswerable questions and answer them, via “the work of Rebecca Kai … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem | Tagged #Abecedarian Poem Book, #National Poetry Month 2024, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Flowers, Georgia Heard, Humanity, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, Passover, Passover 2024, Poetry Books, Poetry Flipbook, Prayer, Progressive Poem 2024, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rondel, Ruth Bowen Hersey, spring, Unanswerable Questions | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday: Seed–filled Trinet Poem

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Sneaking in a quick post for Poetry Friday and National Poetry Month… I’ll return to my Abecedarian Poem book next week to close out April and National Poetry Month. The poem I’m sharing is a Trinet, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #NPM, #NPM2024, artist, Chicago Artist, Chicago poet, Chicago Writer, drawing, Dreams, Growth, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, planting, poems, reflections, Roots, Seeds, springtime, Trinet Poem Form, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem for #NPM2024

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m back again with some updates for my Abecedarian Spring Poetry book project. Some lines have changed, some are new, some are waiting… Some new art images and many waiting… Next Friday, I may be taking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NPM2024, #Poetry Friday, April Abecedarian Spring Poem Book, Art, artist, Flower Lover, Jama Rattigan, Jone Rush Macculloch, Kidlitosphere, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month, nature, nature lover, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Progressive Poem, reflections, Watercolor, Writer, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–National Poetry Month

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month I’m creating an Abecedarian Poem–Poetry Book. I’m going to share a bit of my WIP and a mini-sample book. While I’m working on the poem throughout the week and month, I probably won’t … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday—Peepo Pantoum & Summer Print…

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday From Me and this Lovely Hippo! Thanks to all the Poetry Sisters for sharing their Pantoum Animal Poem prompt with us, for the month of March! Do stop by their sites to see where they’ve taken this … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday— SPRING…

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Spring! Though I must say here in Chicago as in much of the midwest we’ve dipped back into winter temps, hopefully briefly… Last week Linda Baie had a lovely spring poem on her blog Teacher Dance, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday– Kittywampus… & peeks of spring

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

The world has felt very heavy to me of late… Hoping to find some lightness with the coming spring. KITTYWAMPUS EQUILIBRIUM On overload oh so overload this load may tip over though, overload feels shallow when the world is crying— … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–Creating Calm from Chaos…

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m glad my hands know what to do when my head is spinning… They retreat to drawing and writing. As with the world, in my small corner it’s still a bit bumpy… Small art and poems can … Continue reading →