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Category Archives: Quick Sketches
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– Box-4×4 Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday! My two poems below come from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a poem that has something to do with a “box.” I chose to write 4 x 4 poems, they have:– 4 stanzas– 4 syllables per … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Boxes of Love", "Chorus", 4 x 4 poems, Compassion, empathy, empowerment, Happy New Year!, Hope, Joy, Justice, kindness, love, Michelle Kogan, Patricia J. Franz, peace, Peter Streckfus, Reverie
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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–Dansa Poem Prompt in Blue
Happy Poetry Friday! I don’t know how it’s the 4th week in October, but here we are…We in the U.S. have an Election coming up, and I’m pouring out B-L-U-E from everywhere. Including the poem prompt from the Poetry Sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober 2022 Inktober, #poetrypals, "BLUE WINDS", Art, Dansa, Election 2022, environment, Hope, Jone Rush Macculloch, Michelle Kogan, nature, October, Painting, poem, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Vote Blue, VOTE!, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–THINK BLUE-VOTE BLUE
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m thinking and channeling blue… And today I’m sharing a poem from Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon’s blog post of yesterday for, This Photo Wants to be a Poem. It was a photo from a former … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, artist, Bridget Magee, Gouache, March, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Vote, Vote Blue, wee words for wee ones, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Quick Fall Post…
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Fall Stopping in quickly to wish all a Happy Fall! It’s been a busy week and another ahead of me– Something new is brewing… I’ll fill you in on the why’s perhaps next week…But for … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Tap Dancing on the Roof", Art, Jan Godown Annino, Korean Poem Form, Linda Sue Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Rose Cappelli, Sijo Poem, 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–Nature Poems, Dad’s Day Card & Summer Art Classes
Happy Poetry Friday! Come on in and sit for a spell, kick back and soak in some traces of summer, some poetry and art… beach walk blooms…prairie’s dainty petals dancein nature kissed winds. brunch by the shore—wind, wave, wings, wonder,all … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged artist, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Evanston Art Center, Father's Day, Father's Day Cards, Figure and Nature Drawing and Painting, Haiku, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle's Art Classes, Pen & Ink, Pen & Ink & Watercolor, poem, poems, Poet, Poetry Friday, reflections, Summer Art Classes, Tanka, Watercolor Classes, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Buttercup Prayer and Twine Prompt
Whoa, Taking a breath from this past week,and sending out healing prayers… I scribbled away a few poems in response to the shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. I like so many others are still taking this … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged A Word Edgewise, Action, Art, artist, Buttercups, Change US Gun Laws, Covid, Haibun, haiku, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, Poetry Friday, Poetry Pals, Speak up, Terisa Siagatonu, Uvalde School Shooting
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Poetry Friday-Dandelions & DakhaBrakha
Happy Poetry Friday! DISGUISING DANDELIONS Dandelions are roaring all over my neighborhood. Spreading their manes and spike-edge leaves announcing their spring entrance… Impatiently they winter-waited, and mysteriously appeared overnight, as if making a covert attack, claiming their sovereign ground. Dandelions … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Disguising Dandelions", bees, Christopher Morley, DakhaBrakha, Dandelions, Imagine the Possibilities, May, Michelle Kogan, music, Nectar, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Rose Cappelli, Sleepy Bees, Ukraine, Ukrainian Culture
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