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Tag Archives: Buffy Silverman
Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem & New Holiday Card
Garden of the Phoenix, Hyde Park, © 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m giving Fall a farewell goodby hug as our temps drop over the next few days into the 30’s and then 20’s… My image is from the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Garden of the Phoenix", "Nature's golden ripples rise above political mayhem", "Robin Hydrangea and Hawthorne Berries", Art, artist, Buffy Silverman, Dansa Poem, Etsy Shop, fall, Flowers, gardens, Holiday Cards, Kintsugi, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Poet, Robin, Solace, Urban Gardens, Watercolor, Writer
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Poetry Friday–Window Bays
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
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Poetry Friday–Winter Poem Swap & Solstice
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
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Poetry Friday—Father’s Day
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
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Poetry Friday–Hanukkah
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
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Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019
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
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#Poetry Friday–”I am the sound of…” & Summer Greeting Cards
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
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