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Poetry Friday: Peonies
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been patiently waiting for the weather to warm. The flowering plants are waiting too… I’m sharing a dizain poem and painting about my peonies and their journey this spring. I learned about the dizain from Molly … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, chicago, Dizain, earth, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, Waiting, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Fleur de vigne
I’m dreaming about summer flowers and sunshine… LOST BUT FOUND Fleur de vigne went through the wash umpteen-some times shriveled email rescued at last contact reclaimed anecdote note photo those scraps else they’ll fade away… ©2019 Michelle Kogan Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, environment, Flowers, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, lilies, Lost But Found, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, summer, sun, sunshine, thoughts
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#NaPoWriMo Day 30, #watercolor
A DAY WITHOUT POETRY Splash of color ripple of chords taste of beauty– Adieu to you Dear poetry month, see you soon, as a day without poetry will never do… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Art, Chorsd, color, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, music, Painting, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, thoughts, Watercolor, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 28, #poem and #sketch
FROM PENCIL TIPS Little words letter forms crawl out from cobwebs of thoughts, push aside barrage of daily din, collectively form, sometimes orderly, mostly scribbled furiously on lines with a desire to make that leap of faith–allow fingers to furiously … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "From Pencil Tips", #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Art, books, Little words, Michelle Kogan, Pencils, poem, Ponder, reflections, risks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Writing, writing process
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#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions
Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, Action, American Poets, Art, Carol Varsalona, Children, Cohabitate cordially, earth, environment, family, Flowers, getting along, Humanity, hummingbirds, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kim Dower, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poetry and the Environment, Poetry Foundation, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, WIP, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 22: Happy #EarthDay!
earth day seagulls, keow they say, every days earth day! © Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Earth Day 2019, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, animals, Art, birds, Children, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seagulls, spirit, thoughts, wings, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–#NaPoWriMo & Earth Day
Purple Onion Plant and Peonies, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan,watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I like to ponder on about our earth everyday, so I’m beginning my celebration of Earth Day today… Happy Earth Day and National … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Art, earth, earth day, environment, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Triolet poem, Watercolor, WIP, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 17 & #internationalhaikuday
Inspired by my backyard bunny model… just bunny and me munching, scratching, munching winters dreams away… 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #internationalhaikuday, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, Art, Bunnies, earth, environment, friends, McihelleKogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, thoughts, Waiting, Writing
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