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Poetry Friday–Reflections…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a quick nonet poem and art influenced by our lack of light this morning… REFLECTIONS OF EERINESS Amber lamppost shines in light of day casting shadows of eeriness… Curtains of displease nod from … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #climatestrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Billie Holiday, Blue Moon, Climate action, earth, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Introspection, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reflection, thoughts, Truth, video, Women, Writing
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Last Nature Haiku for 2019
Happy New Years Eve! Here’s my last nature haiku post for 2019, I’ve been tagging my haikus this last month as #natember, and more of my poet friends have been tweeting with #haikuforkindness #haikuforjustice #haikuforhope including: Linda Baie, Jone MacCulloch, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, 2020, Art, December, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, New Years, New Years Eve, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, winter, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice! I‘ve been thinking about the winter solstice and our changing seasons… Here are a couple poems I wrote while pondering on our solstice a haiku for #natember #haikuforhope #haikuforjustice #haikuforkindness, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, environment, Haiku, Lady Marmalade, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Nonet poem, Painting, Patti LaBelle, pen, Watercolor, winter, Winter Solstice 2019
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Last Minute Holiday Gifts and Cards…
Happy Holidays! These bookmarks along with cards, archival … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Bookmarks, books, Bunnies, earth, environment, Etsy Shop, Evanston Art Center 2019 Winter Arts & Crafts EXPO, family, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, peace, poems, poetry, Polar Bears, Ponder, Protesting, reflections, Solstice, thoughts, Truth, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Poem Swap & #natember December Nature
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m very happy this week to share Joyce Ray’s treasure-filled Winter Poem Swap. In our poems and gifts to each other, ours thoughts both seemed to draw from historical spiritual, and social justice callings. The little poem books, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #hakuforhope, #natember, #PoetryFriday, #WinterPoemSwap, Art, books, Emily Dickinson, environment, Holidays, Joyce Ray, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, photos, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts
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Poetry Friday–Nature and December #natember
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m writing nature haikus for December and am tagging them #natember. Linda Baie and Jean LaTourette are also writing them this month, join us. A few other haiku hashtags for December by Jone MacCulloch and Mary Lee … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, environment, Humanity, Jean LaTourette, Jone MacCulloch, Linda Baie, Liz Steinglass, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, music, nature #natember, photos, poems, Ponder, reflections, Tanita S. Davis, thoughts
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# PoetryFriday– Halloween & Inktober
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m bidding farewell to #Inktober with this last October 31st post. And I guess temporarily to fall as today in Chicago we had winter–snow covered everything. I’m hoping ye old pumpkin came down and has put in … Continue reading
#PoetryFriday–Dad and #Inktober2019
Happy Poetry Friday! I have a few poems today, the first couple are for #Inktober2019, from this weeks prompts. In my first one I’m continuing our approaching holiday theme with the prompt word from Monday: treasure. TREASURE Find treasure… spinning … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, ancient, Constancy, dad, Dreidels, family, Ghost, gingko tree, Halloween, Hanukkah, Holidays, Judgement, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Treasure, Trust
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