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Category Archives: Nature photos
Poetry Friday-More Good morning Haikus
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a few more of my Good morning haikus. I started teaching my Sunday Plein Air Class last week at the Chicago Art Institute, and will begin my Evanston Art Center summer classes on Monday, so, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "monarch-ready", Buffy Silverman, chicago, delight, fleur-de-lis, gardens, Good morning Haiku, Haiku, Immagination, June 2023, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, nature lover, Peonies, Siberian Iris, summer
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Poetry Friday–Good morning Haikus
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
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Poetry Friday-May Earthiness…
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
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Poetry Friday–Welcome May & New Card
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
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Poetry Friday—Sky Nesting and Thanks!
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
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Poetry Friday–Etheree – Transformation – National Women’s History Month
Happy Poetry Friday! Can it be, here we are at the end of March and on the doorstep of April…And we have another poem challenge by the Poetry Sisters, this time to write an etheree– a ten line poem starting … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #2023National Poetry Month, #ClimatePoemProject, #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, 2023 National Poetry Month Project, Amaryllis, Etheree, Flowers, Laura Shovan, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, Poems on endangered pollinators, Poet, Queen Victoria Riflebird, spring, The BeZIne, Transformation, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Garden Moonpower Buds
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m continuing to think about spring and all things connected with it… Here’s some moon and sun inspired music… Laura Purdie Salas at her blog Small Reads for Brighter Days is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday roundup, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged # Poetry Friday, Flowers, Gardeners, gardens, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, Moonlight benefits plants, Moonpower, nature, poems, Poet, reflections, Small Reads for Brighter Days, Spring Blooms, Spring Buds, Writing
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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–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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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem & New Holiday Card
Garden of the Phoenix, Hyde Park, © 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m giving Fall a farewell goodby hug as our temps drop over the next few days into the 30’s and then 20’s… My image is from the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Garden of the Phoenix", "Nature's golden ripples rise above political mayhem", "Robin Hydrangea and Hawthorne Berries", Art, artist, Buffy Silverman, Dansa Poem, Etsy Shop, fall, Flowers, gardens, Holiday Cards, Kintsugi, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Poet, Robin, Solace, Urban Gardens, Watercolor, Writer
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