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Category Archives: Painting
Poetry Friday–Holiday Lights & “This Photo Wants to be…”
hanukkah lights spreadglowing warmth, like familyleaning in for hugs © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a couple short poems today as I’m busy preparing for a Holiday Show, the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Annual Winter Arts … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #COP26, #PoetryFriday, A(nother) Year of Reading, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Hanukkah Greeting Cards, International Climate Conference 2021, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Reflections on the teche, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem
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Poetry Friday– Wordplay poem: American Redstart, #Inktober, #Birdtober
Happy Poetry Friday I’ve taken the plunge and written a wordplay poem put out as a challenge by the Poetry Sisters… Thanks Tanita S. Davis, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, et al. Find more of these poems tagged with … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Birdtober2021, #Halloween, #Inktober2021, #Pen and Ink, #PoetryFriday, #pumpkins, #Wordplay, @aholmesartstudio, American Redstart, Art, birds, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, nature, Nikki Grimes, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday—#Birdtober: American Woodcock
Happy Poetry Friday! Well I’m down to doing about one or two #Birdtober, #Inktober art/poems per week. Teaching, prepping for a holiday show, and life in general is only allowing me to squeeze in a few—but I’m having so much … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #American Woodcock, #Birdtober, #inktober, #kidlitart, #PoetryFriday, @aholmesartstudio, artist, birds, Haiku, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poet
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Poetry Friday—Common Yellowthroat & Rail
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing two poems that I worked on this week from the #Birdtober challenge, along with some art to accompany them. The Lady Yellowthroat above is brand new and for #Inktober. I’ve been posting any #Birdtober and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry
Tagged #Birdtober, #Birdtober2021, #inktober, #PoetryFriday, @aholmesartstudio, beauty, birds, Common Yellowthroat, Corncrake, endangered, fall, Irene Latham, Letter Poem, Live Your Poem, Michelle Kogan, Poem of Address
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Poetry Friday—Autumn–Haiku & Tanka Prompt
daring dahliaignites eyes, and autumn’s imagination…© 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday, and Happy Autumn! I’m sharing a Tanka poem from the Poetry Sister’s September Poem Prompt. Our challenge: respond to another tanka “poem we love from the Poetry Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Autumnal, Diane Mayr, Gustav Klimt, haiku poem, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, reflections, Tanka
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Poetry Friday–Rondelet
Happy Poetry Friday! Last week I was taken with Alan J Wright’s Rondelet poem and decided to try one… Thanks Alan for your poem and structure for writing it! I was happy to welcome the structure of this succinct poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Apples and Wrens", Alan J Wright, Art, artist, autumn, breath, Changes, Denise Krebs, fall, Instructor, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pause, poem, poetry, reflections, Rondelet, Seasons, Shana Tovah, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Summer’s End
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a quick acrostic poem for our changing season and Summer’s end… And a Poem Swap poem and art that I sent to Iphigene Daradar earlier this summer. SEASONS CLIMAX Sunflowers squeeze out profuse buds … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Backyard gardens, #kidlit artist, #MIlkweed, #Morning Glories, #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poem Swap 2021, #Sunflowers, #Zinnias, Acrostic Poem, Art, Evanston Art Center, Harper College Community Education, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fall 2021 Art Classes, My Juicy little universe, Summer's End, Tabatha Yeatts, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday—Hang’n out with Pygmy Sloths & Change…
HANG’N OUT WITH CHANGE… If we could be slow as sloths in mangrove trees, could we start thinking about you and we, and bring change for everybody… © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m all in with this friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, "I Know" Poems, artist, care, change, Compassion, Critically Endangered, Elisabeth Norton, Jane Yolen, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poetry, Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor
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