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Category Archives: Pencil Drawing
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–New Year, New Book, New Card!
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a New poem celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, a New Anthology Book I’m in, and a New Valentine’s Card. LUNAR SOLAR Lunisolar year of the rabbit year of the cat celebrate the animals in … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem
Tagged "Heron's Home", Art, Asian New Year, Caldwell Pond, Children's Poetry Anthology, Chinese New Year, Emphathy, Etsy Shop, kindness, Lunar, Lunisolar, M.R. Street, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, nature, Painting, patience, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, s Cards, SO MANY ANIMALS! A Child's Book of Poetry, Solar, Turtle Cove Press, Valentine, Valentine's Day Cards, Watercolor, Writing, Year of he Cat, Year of the Rabbit
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Poetry Friday-Beginnings…
Happy Poetry Friday Sneaking in a post in between my morning and evening classes today, another short and sweet, with a cherita poem and WIP artwork.Looking forward to rejoining all in a much less abbreviated version next week… Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, beginnings, Cherita poem, Chicken spaghetti, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, Susan Thomsen, teaching, Veronica flower, WIP, Writing
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Poetry Friday Roundup is Here!
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup today, drop your links off below with Mister Linky, and enjoy all the poetry ponderings around our small planet. Along with my poem and art, I found an interesting art/culture article … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup, Art, artist, birds, Bravery, care, Culture, Disrepair, Humanity, Kyiv, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Painting, poem, Poets, reflections, Wars, Writer, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Art Exhibit + Summer Poem Swap
Nurture Nature and Women’s Body-Health RightsPromote Persistence, Science, & Equity!Save Women & Our Earth!© 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! The mixed-media drawing here is featured in the group exhibit: Our Bodies, Our Health: Navigating the Wars Within and Around … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books
Tagged # Poetry Friday, "Nurture Nature and Women's Body-Health Rights", A Field Guide to the Heart!, Exhibit, Exhibit at: Koehnline Museum of Art, Georgia Heard, Janet Fagal, Michelle Kogan, Mixed-media Drawing, Oakton Community College, Our Bodies, Our Health: Navigating the Wars Within and Around Us, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Sarah Grace Tuttle, Summer Poem Swap 2022, Tabatha Yeatts
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Poetry Friday–September & Ladybugs…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m looking for that breath, that break, pause, between summer and fall… I haven’t found it yet, but I like September’s changes reminding me to keep on looking. evening sky grows a wee bit darker each day, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged Art, artist, autumn, Carol Varsalona, Evening sky, Ladybugs, Michelle Kogan, moon, nature, Painting, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Rescue, September, September Moon, Writer
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Poetry Friday— Endings & Beginnings…
Happy Poetry Friday and Welcome September… BEGINNINGS & ENDINGS Endings and beginningsDoes nature have a beginningwhat about beauty…Can we get caught upin a field of fall flowerstall grasses intertwinedbees anxious for their last bit of summer nectar– Watch bee– As … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pencil Drawing, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Teacher Dance, Writing
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Poetry Friday–4th of July
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy 4th! I thought about family, as my family will be gathering this weekend, and it made me think of the song here, Family Affair. I’m sharing poems reflecting on the 4th, and the hearings unfolding… … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Phoenix and Lady Liberty", 2022 4th of July, Abortion, Art, Democracy, family, Janice Scully, July, Justice, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Speak out, Speak up, summer, Truth, Vote, Vote Blue, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Black-eyed Suzies
look closewhat will you find… susie’s leaves,milkweed sprouts, and bee © 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! My poems today come from Margaret Simon’s post yesterday, for This Photo Wants to be a Poem.Thanks Margaret for taking time to stop … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Back-eyed Susies, bees, Carmela Martino, Gratitude, haiku, Jelani Cobb, Kelly McBride, Look Close, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Painting, Poetry Friday, Slow down, spring, Teaching Authors, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Watercolor, wildflowers
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Progressive Poem 2022 is Here!
Happy Last Day of National Poetry Month and Last Day for The Progressive Poem 2022 Well, here we are… What an adventurous romp this years Progressive Poem has been. Many thanks to Irene Latham who began the Progressive Poem and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #kidlitart, #Progressive Poem 2022, animals, artist, Aurora Borealis, Hope, Joyce Sidman, Kidlit Progressive Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, Poets, Pure Imagination, spring
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