Category Archives: Nature

Poetry Friday–Good morning Haikus

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy June! Take a morning peek into my garden… good morningrose bud bursts—your spirit’scontagious!© 2023 Michelle Kogan, draft good morningmorning glories—you liftaway all worries© 2023 Michelle Kogan, draft good morningjacob’s ladder, your petals wisp like fairy … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Cottage garden blooms, Good morning, Haiku, June 2023, Michelle Kogan, Music from Nature, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, summer, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–Ghazal Challenge

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday-May Earthiness…

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a wee short post, as I’m still helping my mom pack, 6 days left before the move… robin, catbirdearth tilled joy— poke, prod—um, yumgarden solace pride. ©2023 Michelle Kogan, draft Janice Scully at her … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Nature, #Naturelover, #Poetry Friday, Catbird, gardens, Janice Scully, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Pride, reflections, Robin, Salt City Verse, Solace, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–Welcome May & New Card

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy May! MAY GRATITUDE & MARVELS Gazing up through my window pillowous clouds merge into shape-shifting form… Patches of light washed cerulean blue sky excite me with goose-bumpy wonder… And spring’s young greengold leaves and ochreish … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, "May-Flower", "Through my window", Art, Asclepias and Bees in May, Emily Dickinson, Etsy Shop, Gratitude, Linda Baie, Marvels, May, Maypole Dance, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Milkweed seedlings, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Teacher Dance, Watercolor, Writing | 12 Comments

2023 Progressive Poem Finale!

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

“Write me a story that ends with sudden clarity.” Mary Lee suggested… As we began our 2023 Progressive Poem. So here we are at the closing of National Poetry Month and the closing of our Progressive Poem, that originated a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "earth's precious ground", 2023 Progressive Poem, Art, Irene Latham, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, moon, moon-seeds, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–#PocketPoem & Pablo Neruda Challenge

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday- Earth Day & Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky Nesting and Thanks!

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Poetry Month, and Happy Sky Nestings SPRING RITUAL Birds are building nests everywhere… Sparrows, Robins, Cardinals, and high above a pair of Cooper’s Hawkscontemplate their next move… Eh eh commence spring nest building look up into … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #ClimatePoemProject, #EndangeredPollinatorPoem, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #NPM, #Poetry Friday, birds, Cooper's Hawk, Hawk, Irene Latham, Jone Rush Macculloch, Laura Shovan, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, reflections, Spring Nests, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Passover & Poet Adah Isaacs Menken

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 →