Category Archives: Picture Book

Poetry Friday–Holiday EXPO 2019 & Ginger Spice

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some sweetness and spice in poetry and images this week for my post. My images are from The 2019 Winter Art & Crafts EXPO at the Evanston Art Center open now through December 21, 2019 … Continue reading →

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#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–is it still fall?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday I think it’s still fall, but I’m starting to wonder… We’ve been having some very cold snowy days here in Chicago, our windy city. But I’m holding on to fall till December and bringing you some fallish poems … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap & Thanks

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday! Tabatha Yeatts created a “glowing” acrostic poem-bookmark for me for the Summer Poetry Swap, thanks so much Tabatha, and thanks for organizing the swap again this summer too, xo! She used some of my art as the … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–For Lee Bennett Hopkins, #DearOneLBH

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

Happy Poetry Friday!  This week for Poetry Friday many of us have written poems for our Dear Poet Pied Piper Lee Bennett Hopkins, who we just lost. We have borrowed lines from his poems and then created a new poem … Continue reading →

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Register for Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

Figure study, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor pencil.   Register for one of my Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center, they begin in one week, on June 10, 2019. I’m offering the following classes & workshops. For Registration … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo 2019, Day 20, #foundpoem

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

Created from Poetry books on display at my Chicago Public Library branch.        ANIMAL POEMS Out of wonder the frogs wore red suspenders, swirl by swirl, spirals in nature, jabber walking, feel the beat… © 2019 Michelle Kogan … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo day 16 Milkweed story takes a turn, & also might take a break…

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

Hey look, what’s that big thing over there– A ladybug, flying through the air. © 2019 Michelle Kogan   For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to … Continue reading →

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2018 Successes/Accomplishments– Writing and Art

Posted on December 28, 2018 by

I’m participating in Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas which she’s offering via emails and in a facebook group. The goal to get our creative writing juices flowing for the New Year. Today’s prompt is to focus on our successes. … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–#Haiku4hope, Art & Music

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

  Happy Poetry Friday! I’m wringing out the old year with a wintery montage of #haikuforhope poems, and a wee bit of music to ease us all out of the year. Thanks Mary Lee Hahn for offering us all this … Continue reading →

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