Tag Archives: Art

Poetry Friday – Summer Poem Swap & Villanelle Prompt

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m happy to share my Gorgeous Summer Poetry Swap art and poem written and painted by Iphigene Daradar in the Philippines. I received my poetry swap from Iphigene last week via email, and serendipitously I sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap 2021, #Villanelle, "Free As A Bird" The Beetles, Acrylic, Art, birds, Children, Clark's Nutcracker, haiku, Laura Purdie Salas, Learning, Mary Iphigene Daradar, Memory, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Rebecca Herzog, Tabatha Yeatts, Tanita S. Davis, Tree Roots, trees | 2 Comments

Poetry Friday— Zentangle Poem and Art

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I decided to take the plunge and try a zentangle poem, which was the poem prompt from the Poetry Sisters this month, thanks for this challenging and new to me prompt! What exactly is it… It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, A Word Edgewise, Art, artist, Backyard art, Kat Apel, Laura Purdie Salas, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Plein Air, poetry, Poetry Sisters, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor, Watercolor Exhibit, Watercolor USA 2021, Writing, Zentangle | 18 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–Dizain Poem & Environmental Callings

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve taken up the Poetry Sisters March challenge of writing a dizain poem for closing out the month of March. Look for more dizain poems with the hashtag #PoetryPals. DIZAIN FOR SPRING Spring springs discombobulating senses. Teasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, "DIZAIN FOR SPRING", "Earths's wild Music", Art, artists, Cortorra Volando and Flowers, Dizain, endangered birds, endangered species, environment, Jane Hirshfield, Kathleen Dean Moore, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, music, poems, Rachelle McCabe, Soul Blossom Living, spring, Susan Bruck, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor Painting | 7 Comments

Poetry Friday-“Creative Brain”

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been participating in Laura Shovan’s 9th Annual February Poetry Project, where we write a poem a day during February. This year our poem prompt focus is the body. My Poem-Drawing here is from a prompt this … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Creative Brain", Art, Getty Museum, ideas, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, pencil sketch, Persistant, Poem-Drawing, poems, Poet-Artists, poetry, Polymath, Rebecca Brock, Ruth Bowen Hersey, William Blake | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Lunar Moon

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Lunar Moon I looked to Moon for my poem this week, in celebration of having a Lunar Moon… and a bit of life slipped in too… If you spy a good image of her, send … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Villanelle, Art, care, lost lives, Lunar Moon 2021, masked, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, moon, poem, poetry, Rumi, sky, starts, Truth, Watercolor | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–”UNFORGIVABLE FEBRUARY”

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday Well I think my winter blahs decided to visit me early, they usually visit sometime in mid to late February but decided to creep up on me earlier this year… Hence my poem this week, UNFORGIVABLE FEBRUARY. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Theatre & Music, Writing | Tagged #Kidlit #kidlitoshpere, #PoetryFriday, 'Brave Irene", "Chicken Soup with Rice", Art, artist, books, Carole King, family, February blahs, Jone Rush Macculloch, love, Maurice Sendak, Michelle Kogan, music, poems, poetry, Poets, snow, songs, stories, William Steig, wintertime, Writing | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year 2021!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy New Year!!! Here we are turning a new page, taking a new breath, a new sigh… NEW YEAR New Year New Word New World New England New Orleans New York New Delhi New Guinea New … Continue reading →

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#inktober2020 day 10 and #haiku.

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Home, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #inktober, Action, Art, drawing, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, ladyliberty #VOTE #remember #humanity #Democracy #art #covidart, Michelle Kogan, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, thoughts, Truth, Writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap & Zinnias for #INKTOBER

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

falls fading garden bursts zinnia’s bedazzling blooms © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Fall and Happy Inktober! I’m taking a break from the din of our world to share with you a summer poem swap from Ruth Hersey, … Continue reading →