Tag Archives: Buffy Silverman

Poetry Friday–Window Bays

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve had a week off between my Spring and Summer Teaching. So, morning Light and I played with words, and momentarily camouflaged the ever present din that seems to wrap around us… I woke with a poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged artist, backyard gardens, bees, Berries, birds, Birdsongs, Birthday Cards, Buffy Silverman, Carol Varsalona, Etsy Shop, Fairies, haiku, June Berries Bee & Fairy B-Day Card, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Oil Painting, Plein Air, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spring, strawberries, summer, teaching, Window Bays, WIP | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Winter Poem Swap & Solstice

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I received this lovely light filled package of poetry and gifts from my poet friend Carol Varsalona this last week. You wouldn’t know we were both running short on time from the treasures that were exchanged, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Buffy Silverman, Carol Varsalona, Cento poem, Gifts, Gratitude, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts, Watercolor, Winter poem swap, Winter Solstice, Writing | 7 Comments

Poetry Friday—Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Father’s Day with a new poem and older haiku. Father’s and families woven together over generationsfilled with traditions old and new, adapt to time while holding fast to families integrity. Father’s and families grow together … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, Father's and Families, Father's Day, haiga, Haiku, June 2021, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Remembering Father, Sketching, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Hanukkah

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HANUKKAH YOU’RE HERE… Hanukkah, your haloing glow creeps up on us each year… Sometimes early, sometimes late sometimes just right. You follow moon’s lunar calendar– But, most of us work-crazed creaturesfollow work-crazed Gregorian calendars. Here you are again early in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, "The Feast of Lights", archival prints, Buffy Silverman, Children, Children's Illustration, Dreidels, Emma LAzarus, Etsy Shop, Freedom, Hanukkah, Hanukkah Boy Card, Hanukkah You're Here", Latke's, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Oil Lamp Menorah, Painting, Poetry Friday, Rebekah, Rebekah Lowin, Watercolor | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Leap Year…

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m not one to sidestep bad news, however there’s so much out there I’m taking a break and offering a light post on our one in every four year occurrence of Leap Year… My Leap Year poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, books, Buffy Silverman, bullfrogs, earth, environment, family, Humanity, jumping, Karen Edmisten, Leap Year, leaping, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Mother Goose, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rabbit-stirring, reflections, spirit, Thanks, Truth, Whiskers-whisking, Writing | 27 Comments

Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice! I‘ve been thinking about the winter solstice and our changing seasons… Here are a couple poems I wrote while pondering on our solstice a haiku for #natember #haikuforhope #haikuforjustice #haikuforkindness, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, environment, Haiku, Lady Marmalade, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Nonet poem, Painting, Patti LaBelle, pen, Watercolor, winter, Winter Solstice 2019 | 16 Comments

#Poetry Friday–”I am the sound of…” & Summer Greeting Cards

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a poem that I created from a clunker line that Linda Mitchell made available at her blog A Word Edgewise, on her Poetry Friday Post last week. Many thanks Linda–I’ve had a busy week and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Birthday Cards, Buffy Silverman, Clunker Poems, earth, environment, Etsy Shop, Fireflies, fish, Flowers, friends, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Ponder, reflections, summer, Summer Cards, sun, thoughts | 15 Comments

#ProgressivePoem 2019–Day 21

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Welcome to the 2019 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem, which started way back when in 2012 by Poet and Writer Irene Latham, on her blog Live Your Poem. This year Matt Forest Esenwine led us off with a new twist. He challenged … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, #Progressive Poem 2019, Buffy Silverman, Buffy's Blog, Gene Wilder, Irene Latham, Kidlitosphere, Live Your Poem, Matt Forest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, Mint Juleps, music, poems, poetry, Ponder, Pure Imagination, Reading to the Core, reflections, stories, The Rascals, thoughts, wings, Writing | 23 Comments

Poetry Friday–Solstice Treasures…

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice I have a menagerie of treasures to share today. I’ve been star gazing for about the last week, late at night and have taken in an abundance of stars via my window. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Flashlight Night", #PoetryFriday, Art, artists, books, Buffy Silverman, Children, earth, environment, family, friends, Halo, Humanity, Kidlit, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Painting, people, photography, photos, picture books, poems, poetry, Reading, reflections, spirit, Star gazing, stars, stories, travel, Waiting, wings, Winter Solstice, Women, Writing | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poems/Marching for Truth

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m participating in Chicago’s TRUTH March this Saturday, and my thoughts have been filled with questions about Truth. Hence I’m sharing poems about Truth, and the front of my eco poster (back not done yet . . . ). The second poem … Continue reading →