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Category Archives: Sketchbooks
Poetry Friday–Mother’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Mother’s Day! Still busy and filled-to-the-gills, so popping in with a 4 x 4 poem and brief Mother’s Day post for all feathered and unfeathered Mom’s all around… FEATHERED MAMA’S Flutter–fly–by Omnipresent On ground and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Mother's Day, #Poetry Friday, "Feathered Mama's", Art, Birdbaths, birds, butterflies, Cabbage White butterfly, Flowers, Happy Mother's Day, Helping mom, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, robins, Robyn Hood Black, spring, Tulips, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–#PocketPoem & Pablo Neruda Challenge
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing my poem from Thursday’s Poem in Your Pocket Day, and my DIY process for it. I folded my poem into a kinda flower to keep it safe in my pocket, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NPM, #pocketpoem, #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, Art, earth, environment, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month 2023, OPEN SEA, Pablo Neruda, Painting, poem, Poem in your pocket Day, poems, poetry, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, There's no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday- Earth Day & Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Earth Day, and Happy Poetry Month! HELP US! Look into my Hine’s Emerald dragonfly compound eyes anddiscover our gem-like history… Pooled within our 360 degree vision you’ll findwe’ve been here since the Triassic and Jurassic times, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #EarthDay2023, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #PoetryFriday, Art, dragonflies, endangered species, Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, Michelle Kogan, Mosquito eater, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Passover & Poet Adah Isaacs Menken
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy National Poetry Month! Happy Passover! I gave myself a tall order in this short poem… to spin out the Passover story in a short etheree. PASSOVER PRAYER-STORY Green grows out of earth, thoughts ponder rebirth, renewal. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #AuthorsTakeAction2023, #ClimatePoemProject, #National Poetry Month 2023, #Passover 2023, Adah Isaacs Menken, artist, Etheree, Gratitude, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Passover Story, Pen and Ink, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Refflection, Reflections on the teche, sketchbooks
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Poetry Friday-Spring Gardens & Poems by Women
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Spring! It’s still cold here in Chicago, but hey the helleborus is starting to bloom and every once in a while the sun shines and warms us inside, so I’m sending my appreciations to Mother … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Anne Bradstreet, Art, artist, gardens, Helleborus, March, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poems by Women, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Regan Good, Rose Cappelli, Sarah Audsley, spring, Triolet, Watercolor Painting, WIP, Women's History Month, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Sparrowing and Reflections…
rooftop sparrowing in february sketch me if you can… © 2023 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! The sparrows have been singing to me in the morning, maybe they know spring is coming… Or maybe they just want me to do … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Sparrowing", birds, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Sketching, sparrows, Turkey Syria Earthquake 2023, Writing
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Poetry Friday-Mid Winter
Happy Poetry Friday! Here we are smack dab in the middle of another midwestern Chicago Winter…I’m sharing a Mid Winter poem and some music to soothe whatever can use soothing, and shoo away any February blues. MID WINTER… Wars raging … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "MID WINTER", Annual February Poetry Project, Art, Chicago Midwinter, Haiku, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, nature, patience, poem, poems, poetry, Pondering, reflections, Walks, 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–Winter Seeds/Bulbs & New Watercolor Sketchbook…
serene seed angels spread wings and ride wind’s whirls, while winter tucks them tight. © 2022 Michelle Kogan draft Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been busy trying out the 4 x 4 poem form, ever since I saw Tanita Davis’ post … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, December, earth, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, MIlkweed, Milkweed seeds, Muscari Bulbs, November, Pocket Watercolor Sketchbook, Seed angels, Sugar Plum Fairy Glass Duo, Winter Bulbs, Winter Seeds
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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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