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Tag Archives: birds
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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Poetry Friday–Jane Yolen and Response
Happy Poetry Friday! On Monday I read Jane Yolen’s heart-wrenching poem, Plowing Under. The poem reminded me of a few articles I just read about long car lines waiting for food at food pantries, and how farmers are having to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Coronavirus, #PoetryFriday, Action, birds, dusky-throated antshrike, environment, family, Farmer's Plowing Under Food, friends, Helpers, Humanity, Hunger, Jane Yolen, Michelle Kogan, Mile long food pantry lines, Molly Hogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, wings
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Poetry Friday–#NaPoWriMo Climate Endangered Bird
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! For National Poetry Month, I’m going to be focusing on nature and climate endangered birds, with poems and art. I’m following birds that Audubon has categorized as climate endangered or climate threatened, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Audubon, birds, Climate endangers birds, earth, family, friends, Heidi Mordhorst, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, The Cornell Lab, thoughts, White Throated Sparrow, wings, WIP
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Poetry Friday–Snow, Birds, Valentine’s…
Happy Poetry Friday! Brrr, our temps are plummeting here in Chicago, but along with that we’ve received a lovely sprinkling of snow… windy, snowy, “brave irene” kinda day, with pine wiggling magic © 2020 Michelle Kogan I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Writing
Tagged Action, animals, Art, Audubon Society, Baird's Sandpiper, birds, chicago, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, earth, environment, family, Great Backyard Bird Count, Humanity, Linda Baie, Love Birds, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, sun, thoughts, threatened species, Truth, valentines day
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#NaPoWriMo Day 29 #haiku & recycled #WIP due to time shortage…
hey mother nature us birds and flowers are here, don’t ya know it’s spring… © 2019 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, birds, earth, environment, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, thoughts, Truth, wings, 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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Day 2 #NPM #NaPoWriMo–Junco’s & Haiku
junco waits… gray day fades with refreshing rainwater © 2019 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: Academy of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Art, birds, environment, Haiku, Junco, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, rainwater, reflections, wings
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#PoetryFriday–Lion or Lamb
Happy Poetry Friday I’m trying to stay positive about the Chicago weather. It was glorious yesterday, and today, we’re back to almost winter like weather. It was pretty nippy while I painted outside. Which brings me to my poem for … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, April, Art, birds, earth, environment, Flowers, Garter snakes, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, reflections, spring, spring flowers, sun, thoughts, Waiting, wings, Writing
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#PoetryFriday–#SPRING!
Happy Poetry Friday I’m Celebrating Spring and spreading around thoughts to encourage all our plants to come up out of the ground! SPRINT TO SPRING Dandelion dancing to rags of Scott Joplin’s “Gladiola’s” in my Kick-up Cartwheel sprint to SPRING! … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, bird songs, birds, Children, Dandelions, earth, environment, family, Flowers, friends, Goofing Off Day, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading, Rebecca Herzog, Sloth Reads, spring, Tanka, thoughts, video, wings, Women, Writing
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