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Poetry Friday–Rondelet
Happy Poetry Friday! Last week I was taken with Alan J Wright’s Rondelet poem and decided to try one… Thanks Alan for your poem and structure for writing it! I was happy to welcome the structure of this succinct poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Apples and Wrens", Alan J Wright, Art, artist, autumn, breath, Changes, Denise Krebs, fall, Instructor, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pause, poem, poetry, reflections, Rondelet, Seasons, Shana Tovah, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Cycling & Breath
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem below was inspired by Margaret Simon’s blog post yesterday for, THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM, on her blog Reflections on the Teche. I substituted a bicycle photo of my own, so do drop … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged "Cycling Memories", "World Balance", breath, Christie Wyman, Covid Delta Variant, Diamante, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, moon, Painting, Perseid Meteor Shower, Poem Poetry, Reflections on the teche, Sorrow, sunflowers, Watercolor, Wildfires, Wondering and Wandering
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Poetry Friday—Calm & Watercolor
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to have a watercolor painting in the Illinois Watercolor Society: 22nd Annual Members Show, I included my painting above. This year for the first time it’s being held at the Evanston Art Center, where I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #art, #Illinois Watercolor Society:22nd Annual Members Show, #painting, #Poetry, #Poetry Friday, #Sandpiper, #watercolor, #WorldWatercolorGroup, Bhanu Kapil, breath, Breathe slowly, Exhibit, Kathryn Apel, Krishan Mistry, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Workshop
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#Poetry Friday–TREES BREATH & Online Art Exhibit
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been thinking about …space in poems… negative space, tree’s space, and people’s space… Above is the flyer for an online exhibit I’m in, Where Are We Now? Activism of the Everyday, An International Juried Virtual … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, An International Juried Virtual Exhibition of Art by Women, Art Exhibit, breath, change, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Meet the Artist Live Virtual Event, Michelle Kogan, nature, Negative SPce, poems, poetry, trees, Vote
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Poetry Friday: LIFE’S BREATH
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from reflecting on this past week. I chose to try an “In One Word” poetry form, that was introduced to us two weeks ago by April Halperin Wayland at her blog Teaching Authors. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged "In One Word", #PoetryFriday, Anger, April Halperin Wayland, breath, Breathe, earth, family, friends, Hate, hearts, Hope, Humanity, Justice, life, Linda Baie, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Passion, poems, poetry, Ponder, Prejudice, reflections, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing
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Sunday #Haiku for the New Year
eyes closed, take a breath . . . let the sun of a new year spread warmth all around! © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, pen sketch, Picture Book, Poem, Writing
Tagged #WorldWatercolorGroup, Art, artist, breath, Children, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, New Year, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, sun, Sunday, warmth, Watercolor, Writing
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