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#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”
Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Solstice Amis", 2019 New US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Word Edgewise, Action, animals, bees, chicago, earth, environment, family, friends, Garden pics, Help our Climate, Humanity, Joy Harjo, June, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Caterpillars, people, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, Summer Solstice, thoughts, Truth, wings, Women
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Poetry Friday Roundup is Here–Celebrating Tracy K. Smith at the Chicago Public Library
Happy Poetry Friday–The Roundup is here! On Saturday, April 27, 2019, I had the privilege and honor of hearing Tracy K. Smith, our 22nd US Poet Laureate at the Chicago Public Library’s Poetry Fest. A compelling poet, she is as … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Beehive", "Life on Mars", "SEEING SUMMER’S GREENS", "Wade in the Water", #PoetryFriday, 22nd US Poet Laureate, animals, Art, books, Chicago Public Library's Poetry Fest, Children, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Jean Toomer, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday Roundup, Ponder, reflections, Renée LaTulippe, Tabatha Yeatts, The Slowdown, thoughts, Tracy K. Smith, Tracy K. Smith at Chicago Public Library's Poetry Fest 2019, Truth, Waiting, wings
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Poetry Friday–Naomi Shihab Nye– “Kindness” & Nature
Milkweed, Hollyhock, Monarchs, Bee, and Dragonfly, © 2016 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! Our Host this week is Mary Lee Hahn. Mary Lee is celebrating Naomi Shihab Nye–and asked us all to join in. I took … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, Flowers, gardens, Humanity, inalienable rights, kindness, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, mother nature, Naomi Shihab Nye, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, thoughts, Waiting, wings, Women
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Poetry Friday: Peonies
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been patiently waiting for the weather to warm. The flowering plants are waiting too… I’m sharing a dizain poem and painting about my peonies and their journey this spring. I learned about the dizain from Molly … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, chicago, Dizain, earth, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, Waiting, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 29 #haiku & recycled #WIP due to time shortage…
hey mother nature us birds and flowers are here, don’t ya know it’s spring… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to … Continue reading
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Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, birds, earth, environment, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, thoughts, Truth, wings, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions
Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, Action, American Poets, Art, Carol Varsalona, Children, Cohabitate cordially, earth, environment, family, Flowers, getting along, Humanity, hummingbirds, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kim Dower, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poetry and the Environment, Poetry Foundation, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, WIP, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 22: Happy #EarthDay!
earth day seagulls, keow they say, every days earth day! © Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: … Continue reading
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Tagged #Earth Day 2019, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, animals, Art, birds, Children, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seagulls, spirit, thoughts, wings, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–#NaPoWriMo & Earth Day
Purple Onion Plant and Peonies, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan,watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I like to ponder on about our earth everyday, so I’m beginning my celebration of Earth Day today… Happy Earth Day and National … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Art, earth, earth day, environment, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Triolet poem, Watercolor, WIP, Writing
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