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Poetry Friday–Celebrate Literacy Day with DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Happy Poetry Friday! International Literacy Day is coming up on Tuesday, September 8th. What better way to begin celebrating it than with a wonderful book… I offer you DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD POEMS, QUOTES, AND ANECDOTES FROM A TO … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Writing
Tagged #International Literacy Day 2020, #PoetryFriday, Action, Beyond Literacy Link, Carol Varsalona, change, Charles Waters, Covid19, DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD, Irene Latham, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, poetry, Poets, Voice, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Rosh Hashanah Card & Twister Poems
Happy Poetry Friday! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know where the summer escaped too… I’m never really ready to let go of summer, even though I love fall. Summer feels fanciful, whimsical, and magical to … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Aurora Borealis, Chicago's tornado, earth, fall, family, Harvest, Holidays, Humanity, Jewish New Year, life, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, Molly Hogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Cards, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, thoughts, travel, Twister, Waiting, Writing
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Poetry Friday–John Lewis
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing
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Progressive Poem 2020 is here! #NPM
Welcome to the 2020 Progressive Poem. Created originally, and hosted up to this year by Irene Latham, during National Poetry Month. This year Margaret Simon has picked up the baton and is our new host. Thank you Irene and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Progressive Poem 2020, Action, animals, Art, Banjo, Banjo rendition, Children, Donna Smith, Dreams, earth, environment, family, Fran Haley, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, Lyrical poem, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poem, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, travel, video, wings, WIP Banjo, Writing
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Poetry Friday–NaPoWriMo: Mourning Dove
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing a poem, art, and pics of a mourning dove that visited me this week in my backyard garden. Actually a pair visited, for quite a long time… I’m very … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020, #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, birds, Christie Wyman, earth, environment, family, gardens, Humanity, JoAnn Balingit, Michelle Kogan, mourning dove, Narcissus, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, Thanks, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo: Earth Day–earth-art & letter poem
Happy Earth Day on this 50th Celebration! I’m sharing some earth-art and a letter poem. DEAR EARTH Dear Earth, Lend us your deep-rooted wisdom So we may make wise our neglectful history Send us your powerful patience So we may earn it … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #EarthDay2020, #NaPoWriMo2020, Action, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Letter Poem, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing
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