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Category Archives: Poem
Poetry Friday: Thoreau, Nature, & Poetry Swap
Wildlife Comes to Lake Shore Drive, endangered species, © 2013 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Available in my online Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art I read last week that today is Henry David Thoreau’s Birthday (I think from … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, books, Children, conservation, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Golden Shovel Poem, Henry David Thoreau, HuffPost, Humanity, Margaret Atwood, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Swap, Rachel Carson, Recovery, reflections, spirit, sun, Sylvia Vardell, thoughts
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Poetry Friday–Plein Air & Poetry Swap
Early Summer Garden,WIP, © Michelle Kogan, brown pen and brush with watercolor. Happy Poetry Friday I’m participating in a Plein Air event this Sunday, July 8, 2018 The 9th Annual Brush with Nature at the Emily Oaks Nature Center … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Wildlife Comes to Lake Shore Drive", #PoetryFriday, Art, Brush With Nature, Bunnies, Donna JT SMith, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, poems, poetry, Poetry Swap
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4th of July–haiku & art
have a multi- racial-rainbow July 4th celebration! © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged " multi-racial-rainbow July 4th", 4th of July, Art, celebrate, family, fireworks, Haiku, Humanity, inclusiveness, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poems, reflections, support, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Responsibility and Freedom
For this 4th of July Poetry Friday I’m thinking about Responsibility and Freedom. I’m sharing a poem, some art and a taste from the Charles White art exhibit now at The Art Institute of Chicago. If you are here in … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Holidays, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, 4th of July, African American Artist, Charles White, Exhibit, Freedom, homeless child, Michelle Kogan, Ouch–Children are all our responsibility, Responsibility
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Happy Summer Solstice 2018
SUMMER SOLSTICE Sunrays Unmask Multitudes– Marigolds Echinacea Rose of sharon Snapdragon Ox eye daisy Liatris spicata Sunflower Tiger lily Impoea Clarkia Et Al. © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged Acrostic Poem, Art, Children, earth, Flowers, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan, poem, poetry, summer, Summer flowers, Summer Solstice, Summer Solstice 2018, sun, thoughts, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Father’s Day
Earth Goddess, Bitten and Banana Tree, endangered species, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! Karen Edmisten is hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup this week on her blog, thanks Karen! I’m sharing a tanka poem in memory of my … Continue reading
Poetry Friday–Community #WearOrange
Last Saturday I attended the local #WearOrange rally in Evanston, Illinois. It was in support of victims, friends, and relatives who have lost lives through gun violence and in support of curbing gun violence and helping to prevent it. There … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Theatre & Music, Writing
Tagged #WearOrange, Gun violence, Gun Violence and prevention, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Friday, Stop Gun Violence
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Poetry Friday: Bookmarks
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating books and bookmarks today, just because I love both and because I have a bevy of bookmark offerings in my online Etsy shop that would love to meet up with one of your books at, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged birds, Bookmarks, books, Fairies, Flowers, gardens, Goddesses, insects, Koi, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Reading, summer, wildflowers
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