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Poetry Friday–April National Poetry Month
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing all things Spring, with poems and art for the opening of National Poetry Month! LILAC BUDS Lilac buds prickle me alive. Spring hides inside small buds,curling inside each unfurled floweret. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Ada Limón, archival prints, artist, buds, Flowers, Greeting Cards, lilacs, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, National Poetry Month 2021, Painting, Pen and Ink, spring, Watercolor, Writer
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Poetry Friday—Poetry & More…
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Women’s History Month! In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m sharing a golden shovel poem built from Margarita Engle’s prose piece, The Care and Feeding of Poetry, that’s featured in this months Poetry Foundation’s, Poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry, #PoetryFriday, #Spring Sprouts, #Women's History Month, buds, Bunnies, Easter Cards, eggs, Flowers, gardens, Kathryn Apel, Margarita Engle, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Passover Cards, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Pollinate, spring, Tulips
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Poetry Friday-#NaPoWriMo day 5 Tanka & Painting
Happy Poetry Friday, and National Poetry Month. I’ve had such a rich week perusing Jama Rattigan’s blog Jama’s Alphabet Soup and her postings of the many poets featuring poems this month! I’ve been following the Progressive Poem that Irene Latham … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #National Poetry Month, April, Art, books, buds, environment, Humanity, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, Painting, poems, poetry, spring, Tanka, Writing
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Quick #pensketch #painting for W.O.M challenge on David Harrison’s blog
To Leap or Leaf © 2016 Michelle Kogan The last leaves of February, linger lightly on bare branch limbs. They’ve been whispering wise forecasts for their forthcoming spring kinfolk. W-w-wait for the w-w-warmth of sister sun, before opening baby buds. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, buds, Children's Illustration, David Harrison, drawing, Leaf, leaves, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, quick sketch, Watercolor, Writing
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A haiku and painting for our flowering spring…
bees, birds, butterflies, gather by my bounty… buds, and blossoms of spring © Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged animals, bees, birds, Blossoms, buds, butterfies, haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Pen and Ink, spring, Watercolor
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Ginko Haiku & Sketch NaPoWriMo Day 7 Michelle Kogan
breaking morning dawn ginkgo guides my eye over ripening new buds For Day 7 of NaPoWriMo
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged 2014, Art, buds, Children, drawing, Ginko, haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo day 7, nature, pen, poem, poetry, ripening buds, sketch
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