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Category Archives: pen sketch
Poetry Friday–Cascade Poem and “Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology”
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a cascade poem. In this poem form each line from the first stanza repeats itself in subsequent stanzas, in the third line of each stanza. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #poetrypals, "With desire change may begin.", artist, Bookseedstudio, Bridget Magee, Cascade Poems, Caterpillars, change, Fib poems, Fibonacci sequence, Jan Godown Annino, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Butterflies, nature, pencil sketch, poem, poems, Poetry Sisters, reflections, Transformation, Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology, WIP Drawing
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Poetry Friday– Box-4×4 Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday! My two poems below come from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a poem that has something to do with a “box.” I chose to write 4 x 4 poems, they have:– 4 stanzas– 4 syllables per … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Boxes of Love", "Chorus", 4 x 4 poems, Compassion, empathy, empowerment, Happy New Year!, Hope, Joy, Justice, kindness, love, Michelle Kogan, Patricia J. Franz, peace, Peter Streckfus, Reverie
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Poetry Friday–Hanukkah light, Solstice & Ukraine
Happy Poetry Friday! dance hanukkah flames spread light and freedom, fill hearts with joy and hope! © Michelle Kogan Here’s a short solstice haiku, welcoming winter and more light each day… solstice soirée breathe… live… love…laugh, and help someone. © … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #Hanukkah, #Hanukkah 2022, #Poetry Friday, "WE LIVED HAPPILY DURING THE WAR", Art, Freedom, GoFundMe, Hanukkah Card, Ilya Kaminsky, Joy and hope, light, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poets of Odesa, reflections, Rob Lipton, Ukraine, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Dream Haiku & Holiday Cards
Happy Poetry Friday! I have a haiku to share from Margaret Simon’s post this week for This Photo Wants to be a Poem, thanks Margaret for the prompt! You can take a peek at the image by following the link, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, birds, Catherine Flynn, Christmas, Dreams, Hanukkah, Hawthorn Berries, heart, Holiday Gift Cards, Holidays, Hydrangea, Joy, love, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Moonbeam, peace, Robin, snow, snowflakes, Snowperson, winter
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Poetry Friday—Folktale Week Poem
Fall Leaves card, © 2015, Michelle Kogan, pen and ink and watercolor, available in my online Etsy Shop: Michelle Kogan Fine Art Happy Poetry Friday! I decided to pick up the prompt that was created by Linda Mitchell, on her … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #folktaleweek2022, #PoetryFriday, "The Magic Tree", A Word Edgewise, Art, artist, Haibun, Haiku, Inklings, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Mother Earth, Nat King Cole, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, reflections, Sustain Mother Earth, trees, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem Prompt in Blue
Happy Poetry Friday! I don’t know how it’s the 4th week in October, but here we are…We in the U.S. have an Election coming up, and I’m pouring out B-L-U-E from everywhere. Including the poem prompt from the Poetry Sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober 2022 Inktober, #poetrypals, "BLUE WINDS", Art, Dansa, Election 2022, environment, Hope, Jone Rush Macculloch, Michelle Kogan, nature, October, Painting, poem, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Vote Blue, VOTE!, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–Quick Fall Post…
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Fall Stopping in quickly to wish all a Happy Fall! It’s been a busy week and another ahead of me– Something new is brewing… I’ll fill you in on the why’s perhaps next week…But for … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Tap Dancing on the Roof", Art, Jan Godown Annino, Korean Poem Form, Linda Sue Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Rose Cappelli, Sijo Poem, Writing
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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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