Tag Archives: Compassion

Poetry Friday—Hang’n out with Pygmy Sloths & Change…

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HANG’N OUT WITH CHANGE… If we could be slow as sloths in mangrove trees, could we start thinking about you and we, and bring change for everybody… © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m all in with this friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, "I Know" Poems, artist, care, change, Compassion, Critically Endangered, Elisabeth Norton, Jane Yolen, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poetry, Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Inaugural Poems 2021

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m moving forward slowly with hope, for our country, America, and our world. I was smitten with our Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, THE HILL WE CLIMB. My post today includes a golden shovel poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Amanda Gorman, #PoetryFriday, "Dove's-wings", America, care, change, Compassion, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, Hope, Inaugural Poem 2021, inclusive, Justice, Laura Shovan, love, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Valentine's Day cards 2021, valentines day | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year 2021!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy New Year!!! Here we are turning a new page, taking a new breath, a new sigh… NEW YEAR New Year New Word New World New England New Orleans New York New Delhi New Guinea New … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Theatre & Music, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, artist, Azalea, Compassion, Flowers, Freedom, Hope, List Poems, Michelle Kogan, New Years, New Years 2021, Paiting, poems, Ruth Hersey, stories, There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Prayers

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been thinking about prayers as the Jewish High Holiday, Rosh Hashanah begins Friday at Sundown. I was also thinking about individuals that aren’t able to go outside and take in nature, and what I could offer … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, beauty, care, Compassion, Harvest, Jewish High Holidays, Lee Bennett Hopkins, love, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, poetry, Prayer, Rosh Hashanah, Tikkun Olam | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday: Vote–Poems & Postcards to Voters

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

Happy Poetry Friday Happy Poetry Friday! I signed up to send postcards to voters, to encourage people to vote, this is my first batch of postcards that I’ve mailed. If you are interested in joining you can check it out … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #Vote, caring, Compassion, family, friends, Judgement, Kiesha Shepard, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Art Talk at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, poems, poetry, Postcards, Postcards to Voters, Writing | 21 Comments

Poetry Friday–Father’s Day and Change

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday Happy Father’s Day to all Dad’s out there, and in our memories… And for June 19th, Juneteenth Sign a petition Visit nextgen america and sign their petition to have Juneteenth, “Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Fourth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Ars Poetica, Art, Compassion, empathy, environment, Father's Day, friends, GEORGE FLOYD, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, music, Orlando Ricardo Menes, passions, Perseverance, Ponder, reflections, stories, Terrance Hayes, The Miss Rumphius Effect, thoughts, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Truth, Understanding, Waiting, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–”Relieving Anxiety”

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Our small world has gotten much smaller and much scarier over the last few months. Coping and taking care of ourselves and those close to us are very important. Along with this are ways to relieve stress. … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem | Tagged "Relieving Anxiety", Action, animals, Art, Compassion, empathy, environment, Hatari, Humanity, Justice, love, Matt, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan #Poetry Friday, music, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, silliness, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday-Giving flowers of Hope

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I have been consumed with the unchanging situation of the teens being held, and continuously brought to the Tornillo, TX detention camp, near El Paso. At last count there were 2400 teens between the age of 13 … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Compassion, Crimes against humanity, family, Free Children, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, reflections, teenagers, thoughts, Tornillo Detention Camp, Writing | 12 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged Art, beauty, Compassion, Dimante, environment, family, honest, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Mom, Mother's, mother's day, nature, Painting, Peach blossoms, poem, poetry, reflections, spring, thoughts, Women | 2 Comments

#NaPoWriMo day 30 poem and WIP watercolor

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m closing the last day of National Poetry Month with a poem written from a prompt by Ibtisam Barakat, featured today on Renée LaTulippe’s blog No Water River. MY WINGS My wings are made of paint and petals sprinkled softly … Continue reading →