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Poetry Friday–Youth Climate Strike
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m joining the #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, tomorrow, Friday 9-20-2019. Here’s my poster that has a poem I wrote for the march and rally. GOOD CLIMATE Trees and bees, Monarchs and seas Children’s needs Need: Good climate Good … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, air, animals, bees, Charles Waters, Children, Climate Strike, earth, environment, family, friends, gardens, Good Climate, Humanity, Irene Latham, Linda Baie, March, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, Seeds, soil, Students, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, water, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Lobelia and Fall…
Happy Poetry Friday! I had a week off in between my summer and fall classes that I teach, and tried to fit in a little bit of painting… My hearts still in summer but the leaves that are falling … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, autumn, bees, Etsy Shop, fall, Flowers, Janet Wong, Lobelia, Mary Oliver, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Poetry for Children, purple, Sylvia Vardell, Traci Sorell
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#Poetry Friday–Exhibit and Milkweed Poem
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to share with you my painting and Summer Milkweed poem that will be included in the exhibit: Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City Opening reception Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm running … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City", "SUMMER MILKWEED", Art, backyard gardens, bees, butterflies, Community Gardens, earth, environment, exhibits, family, Flowers, friends, Heidi Mordhorst, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, Museum of Surgical Science, nature, Oil Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, pollinating, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Truth, Waiting, Women
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#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”
Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Solstice Amis", 2019 New US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Word Edgewise, Action, animals, bees, chicago, earth, environment, family, friends, Garden pics, Help our Climate, Humanity, Joy Harjo, June, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Caterpillars, people, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, Summer Solstice, thoughts, Truth, wings, Women
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#PoetryFriday–iPad haikus & art
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been playing this week on my newly acquired iPad. I won it recently when I resubscribed to my local public radio station. I’m planning on using it mostly to connect up with my computer to do … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, bees, Bulbs, environment, Haiku, imagination, iPad Poetry, iPad sketches, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sailing, spring, squirrels, thoughts, travel, Waiting, water, Writing
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Poetry Friday–More Monarchs & Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m posting early as I’m on my way to Door County, WI. I think the monarchs may become more scarce soon as the milkweed flowers are almost finished blooming. A few more pics from my … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, Catherine Wallian Flynn, environment, family, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, poems, poetry, Reading to the Core, reflections, summer, thoughts, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Butterflies and Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my backyard … I’ve been in awe at the number of monarchs I have visiting in my garden this summer. There are sometimes five fluttering around at the same time. I’m sharing the path of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, chicago, Emily Dickinson, gardens, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, oils, Painting, poems, poetry, Pollinators, WIP
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Poetry Friday–Poem in your pocket
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m continuing the celebration of poem in your pocket day, while celebrating our slowly advancing spring–with a poem of mine and a poem by Sidney Wade. POCKETFUL OF POEMS Springful of poems stuff ‘em in your pockets, city … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, #pocketpoem, American Robin, animals, Art, bees, birds, bumblebees, chicago, city, City Critters, cottontale, critters, environment, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, sparrow, spring, squirrel
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