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Tag Archives: birds
Poetry Friday: Bookmarks
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating books and bookmarks today, just because I love both and because I have a bevy of bookmark offerings in my online Etsy shop that would love to meet up with one of your books at, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged birds, Bookmarks, books, Fairies, Flowers, gardens, Goddesses, insects, Koi, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Reading, summer, wildflowers
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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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#NaPoWriMo Day 24 Poem in 3 Acts and watercolor,
NATURE Act I: Elusive Spring stretches, awakes. She offers another sunless day. Cheerily, cherup, cherup, Robin sings. Act II: Afternoon brings fresh perspectives. Sun moves through leaving us breathless for more. Act III: Late afternoon, bees dance across dandelions. Violas … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, bees, birds, earth, elusive spring, environment, fresh perspectives, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, Poem in 3 acts, poetry, reflections, Robin, spring, sun, sunless, Violas, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 23 cherita and watercolor sketch
reluctant spring hyacinth’s late april petals finally appear robins tired of waiting she already built her nest © Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Cherita, #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, animals, Art, birds, drawing, environment, Flowers, Humanity, Hyacinths, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Poets, reflections, robins, sketch, Waiting, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 21 haiku and sketch
noon spring pruning, catch me if you can– fleeting moments © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, birds, Children, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, poem, poems, poetry, pruning, Robin, sketch, sparrow, spring, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 15-found poem
BIRDS’ PERSPECTIVE In a courtyard of Mexico, were wilson’s warblers– Yellow-bellied, black-capped hopping pathways, pausing to eat a bug. I wander in the courtyard paying attention to townsends and audubon warblers, knock-knock of a woodpecker overhead, robins, house finches, canyon … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Peek at Valentines Day and Snow
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a sonnet I just penned for Laura Shovan’s 6th Annual February Daily Poem Project. I was thinking about Valentine’s Day as I wrote this poem. Laura has been graciously hosting this poetry potpourri on her … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, chicago, Ekphrastic poems, love, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Sally Murphy, Snowstorm, Sonnet, valentines day
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Poetry Friday Golden Shovel and Painting
I have a Golden Shovel poem for Poetry Friday. The poem was inspired by Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird. I used the second stanza lines from Maya Angelou’s poem to create my poem. I’m also including a portion of Caged Bird … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, books, Golden Shovel Poems, Lies, Maya Angelou, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Songbirds, Trust, Truth, wings, Writing
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