Category Archives: Quick Sketches

Poetry Friday–Found Poem-Eavesdropping prompt…

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem today is inspired by the poetry prompt offered to us by the Poetry Sisters. They challenged us to write a poem from eavesdropping on another conversation. We were provided with some wonderful examples, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Coexistence with animals, Coyote, Eavesdropping, Irene Latham, Live Your Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday—Winter

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! IN WINTER In winter Calm crawls in between bitter cold banks of blustery snow howling fierce winds and winter blankets all. In winter Majesty musters in ponders profundity appears uncannily between sandpaper dry air and stands on … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, IN WINTER, Mary Lee Hahn, Mary Oliver, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, White-eyed vireo, Wintering milkweed, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday– Wordplay poem: American Redstart, #Inktober, #Birdtober

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve taken the plunge and written a wordplay poem put out as a challenge by the Poetry Sisters… Thanks Tanita S. Davis, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, et al. Find more of these poems tagged with … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Birdtober2021, #Halloween, #Inktober2021, #Pen and Ink, #PoetryFriday, #pumpkins, #Wordplay, @aholmesartstudio, American Redstart, Art, birds, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, nature, Nikki Grimes, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky, Sun, & Water

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem this week was inspired by Margaret Simon’s prompt, from her post this week on THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM… I wrote the poem, didn’t have a chance to post it, then tweaked it … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, colors, dragonfly, James Weldon Johnson, Leigh Anne Eck, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, mother nature, nature, Nix the comfort zone, pencil sketch, Prehistoric, sketch, sky, summer, sun, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, water | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday—Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Father’s Day with a new poem and older haiku. Father’s and families woven together over generationsfilled with traditions old and new, adapt to time while holding fast to families integrity. Father’s and families grow together … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, Father's and Families, Father's Day, haiga, Haiku, June 2021, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Remembering Father, Sketching, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday Birth Day Roundup is Here!

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday—Nests

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating nests this week physical and metaphorical. I also want to give a shoutout to Author and Poet Irene Latham for her superb chockfull of poetry revision offerings from the workshop she gave this past Monday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Anne Sexton, artist, birds, Emily Dickinson, Irene Latham, Live Your Poem, Marianne Boruch, Michelle Kogan, Nests, Pen and Ink, poetry, sparrows, Spring Nests, Watercolor | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday—Mother’s Day

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Mother’s Day with poems and art! BLUEBELLS FOR MOTHER’S DAY For Mother’s Day I give to youpretty periwinkle bluebells,with music velvety as lambs earsto soften away days discord,and floppy large leavesspreading out like arms embracing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, artist, Bluebells, Bridget Magee, Flowers, Geraniums, Irene Latham, May, Michelle Kogan, mother's day, Painting, Pansy, Pen and Ink, poetry, Wanda Coleman, Watercolor | 12 Comments

National Poetry Month 2021–haiku and sparrow

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #artist, #Birds, #kidlit artist, #Nature, #NPM2021, #pencil sketch, #poem, #Poetry, #Sparrows, #Writer, Michelle Kogan | 1 Comment

Poetry Friday–April National Poetry Month

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing all things Spring, with poems and art for the opening of National Poetry Month! LILAC BUDS Lilac buds prickle me alive. Spring hides inside small buds,curling inside each unfurled floweret. … Continue reading →