Michelle’s Card Shop
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Read my poem, "Toady." I also created the cover art.
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Category Archives: Poem
Poetry Friday–More #haikuforhope
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some haiku, haiga, and bookmarks today. This haiga print was part of my package that I sent to Tricia Stohr-Hunt for this summer’s poem swap. It’s available in my Etsy Shop as a print and … Continue reading
Poetry Friday–Poetry Reading & daily poems
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a little left over summertime before we dive into winter, in celebration of last weeks election results and a Poetry Reading that’s coming up next week. Next Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm, CST I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikus, #painting, #PoetryFriday, #WIP, Daily Poems, Evanston Art Center Winter Art EXPO 2020, Laura Purdie Salas, Maggie Queeney, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Reading, Robyn Hood Black, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem
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#Poetry Friday-Bookmarks and trying to stay steady…
Happy Poetry Friday! In the midst of all the election anxiety I bring you a literary break with a peek into a few items I’ve added to my Etsy Shop, and more that are on their way there… Emilys been … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #Poetic Diversion, #PoetryFriday, artist, Bookmarks, drawing, Election Anxiety, Emily Dickinson, Evanston Art Center EXPO 2020, Holiday Shows, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Painting, Pen and Ink, snowflakes, Susan Bruck
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Poetry Friday–Naani’s, blueness, & Halloween…
Happy Poetry Friday! Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Vote Blue Oh ya, this week some of us … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Altruism, artist, change, Democracy, Desafinado, Evalyn Callahan Shaw, fall, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, Naani, Norah Jones, November, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Tanita S. Davis, Vote Blue, Watercolor, Writer
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#Poetry Friday–TREES BREATH & Online Art Exhibit
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been thinking about …space in poems… negative space, tree’s space, and people’s space… Above is the flyer for an online exhibit I’m in, Where Are We Now? Activism of the Everyday, An International Juried Virtual … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, An International Juried Virtual Exhibition of Art by Women, Art Exhibit, breath, change, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Meet the Artist Live Virtual Event, Michelle Kogan, nature, Negative SPce, poems, poetry, trees, Vote
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#Poetry Friday–Letter Poem for my Dad on #Inktober day 15
Happy Poetry Friday! My Father’s Birthday was this week, he would have been 91 years old this year. He also passed away 4 years ago the week of Halloween. I think about him all the time, but I like to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #inktober, #inktober 2020, #PoetryFriday, covid-19, Janice Skully, Letter Poem, Memories, Michelle Kogan, pen sketch, stardust, Vote, warercolor
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#inktober2020 day 10 and #haiku.
remember VOTEremember humanityremember VOTE©️ 2020 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Home, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Action, Art, drawing, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, ladyliberty #VOTE #remember #humanity #Democracy #art #covidart, Michelle Kogan, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, thoughts, Truth, Writing
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Poetry Friday–THIS POEM IS A NEST by Irene Latham
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, you’ve landed on the right branch! Today I’m so happy to share with you Irene Latham’s delightful new poetry book, THIS POEM IS A NEST, with lovely and fanciful art by Johanna Wright! It’s a Nest … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Nestlings", "This Poem Is A Nest", Blog Tour, BOYDS MLLS & KANE, Bridget Magee, Children, Irene Latham, Johanna Wright, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, wee words for wee ones, Wordsong
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Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap & Zinnias for #INKTOBER
falls fading garden bursts zinnia’s bedazzling blooms © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Fall and Happy Inktober! I’m taking a break from the din of our world to share with you a summer poem swap from Ruth Hersey, … Continue reading
Poetry Friday–RBG
Happy Poetry Friday!(typed with a slight sigh, from this last week…) What a week… This week for Poetry Friday there were two prompt suggestions. One came a while back from Tanita Davis one of the Poetry Sisters/Princesses. The prompt was … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, #RBG, #Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gender equality, haiku, Jone Rush Macculloch, Justice, Michelle Kogan, MY POSTAL LADY, poem, poetry, Poets, Silver Birch Press, Tanita S. Davis
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