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Monarch Butterflies-
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"Tentatively Certain"
Read my poem, "Temptations."
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Category Archives: Picture Book Sketches
Poetry Friday-Surreality…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been amazed at the growth in my garden this spring, while the temps shoot up and down, the plants think it’s almost mid summer in mid May. To me something seems awry… Clematis ready to pop … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Backyard gardens, #endangered species, #Flowers, #Iris, #Otherworldly, #Poetry Friday, Art, Chinook, elfchen poem, Hines emerald dragonfly, Michelle Kogan, nature, Patricia J. Franz, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Reverie, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem Book & Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing a mix this week, wrapping up with my Abecedarian Spring Poem Book and also the Poetry Sisters April prompt to write a poem from unanswerable questions and answer them, via “the work of Rebecca Kai … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem
Tagged #Abecedarian Poem Book, #National Poetry Month 2024, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Flowers, Georgia Heard, Humanity, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, Passover, Passover 2024, Poetry Books, Poetry Flipbook, Prayer, Progressive Poem 2024, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rondel, Ruth Bowen Hersey, spring, Unanswerable Questions
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Poetry Friday–National Poetry Month
Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month I’m creating an Abecedarian Poem–Poetry Book. I’m going to share a bit of my WIP and a mini-sample book. While I’m working on the poem throughout the week and month, I probably won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged Abecedarian Poem, April Abecedarian Spring Poem Book, artist, backyard gardents, Daffodils, Irene Latham, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kidlit, Live Your Poem, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Progressive Poem 2024, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Echo Verse Poem
Happy 💜 FEBRUARY 💜 & Happy Poetry Friday! My poem today is inspired by Laura Shovan’s 14th Annual February Poetry Project prompt. It was to think about a playground game we participated in… Unfortunately we are experiencing some technical problems … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged A(nother) Year of Reading, Double Dutch, Echo Verse Poem, Etsy Shop, jump rope, Laura Shovan, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, play, Playground games, Poetry Friday, Singing, Swinging, Valentine's Day Cards
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Poetry Friday Birth Day Roundup is Here!
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome! I’m Hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup and decided to Celebrate Birthdays and Birth Days, as my Birthday is coming up this weekend. Also make sure to checkout the Poetry Sisters Ekphrastic poems for their May poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Birth Day, #PoetryFriday #Poetry Friday Roundup, #poetrypals, "Poppiness", Birthday, Eric Carle, Flowers, haiku, Linda Pastan, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarch, Poppies, Ruth Whitman, spring, Terrapin, Turtles
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Poetry Friday–Progressive Poem & Poem in the style of Linda Hogan
Happy Poetry Friday and Welcome to the last stop for the Progressive Poem 2021 Our Progressive Poem began with author/poet Irene Latham and as of last year, the poem baton has been passed on to Margaret Simon at her blog … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, #Progressive Poem 2021, #seeds, #Spring, #Spring Sprouts, Christie Wyman, Irene Latham, Kathryn Apel, LInda Hogan, Margaret Simon, Matt Forest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, Tanita S. Davis
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Poetry Friday–Art: Process, Practice, Presentation, Student’s of Michelle Kogan
Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m Happy to share with you images from my Student’s Exhibit: ART: PROCESS, PRACTICE, PRESENTATION. We had a wonderful opening last Sunday with delectable edibles and conversations! The artwork is from four classes that I teach … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #AfterDarkBlogTour, #PoetryFriday, Art, Avis Harley, Cheriee Weichel, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Dr. Martin Watercolor, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting, Library Matters, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Student's Art Exhibit, teaching, Teaching Art, Thank-yous, Watercolor
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 