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Category Archives: pen sketch
Poetry Friday– Buttercup Prayer and Twine Prompt
Whoa, Taking a breath from this past week,and sending out healing prayers… I scribbled away a few poems in response to the shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. I like so many others are still taking this … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged A Word Edgewise, Action, Art, artist, Buttercups, Change US Gun Laws, Covid, Haibun, haiku, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, Poetry Friday, Poetry Pals, Speak up, Terisa Siagatonu, Uvalde School Shooting
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Poetry Friday-Dandelions & DakhaBrakha
Happy Poetry Friday! DISGUISING DANDELIONS Dandelions are roaring all over my neighborhood. Spreading their manes and spike-edge leaves announcing their spring entrance… Impatiently they winter-waited, and mysteriously appeared overnight, as if making a covert attack, claiming their sovereign ground. Dandelions … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Disguising Dandelions", bees, Christopher Morley, DakhaBrakha, Dandelions, Imagine the Possibilities, May, Michelle Kogan, music, Nectar, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Rose Cappelli, Sleepy Bees, Ukraine, Ukrainian Culture
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Poetry Friday–Ukraine-family
Happy Poetry Friday! My heart is with the Brave Ukrainian people. I was hoping to share a Ukrainian poet, poetry, but work caught up with me, perhaps next Friday… My poem, a draft, comes from my ancestral connections with Ukraine … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Ancestors, family, Janet Wong, Kyiv, Michelle Kogan, Odessa, paintings, Pen and Ink, Poetry for Children, Reflection, Sylvia Vardell, Tug at heart, Ukraine, Unbreathable, War, War crimes, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–Time & Valentines
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem is borrowed from Laura Shovan’s 10th Annual February Poetry Project, that I’m participating in online. This year the theme is on time, and each day we get a new prompt from another fellow poet. The … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Transforming Time", Art, Carol Varsalona, Creativity, drawing, Idea-time, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, Playtime, poem, poetry, time, Triolet, valentines day
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Poetry Friday—Winter
Happy Poetry Friday! IN WINTER In winter Calm crawls in between bitter cold banks of blustery snow howling fierce winds and winter blankets all. In winter Majesty musters in ponders profundity appears uncannily between sandpaper dry air and stands on … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, IN WINTER, Mary Lee Hahn, Mary Oliver, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, White-eyed vireo, Wintering milkweed, Writing
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Poetry Friday—one little word…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been mulling over words for a one little word to select for this year. I’ve selected a word, although on my path I came across this poem thinking about one’s one little word… My word is … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing
Tagged #OLW, #PoetryFriday, "The Shape of Water", Alexandre Desplat, Art, Beyond Literacy Link, care, Carol Varsalona, centering calm, Feather, golden shovel, magic, Michelle Kogan, nature, one little word, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday Roundup is Here & Celebrating Holidaze!
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my Holidaze Poetry Friday Roundup! Please add your links for this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup below with Mister Linky. Hanukkah began this week and more winter Holidays are quickly approaching. I’m sharing a poem and … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup, #Poetry Friday Roundup is here!, Art, Christmas, Etsy Shop, Evanston Art Center Winter Arts & Crafts Expo, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Holiday Cards, Holiday Cheer!, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, poetry, winter, Winter Holidays
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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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