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Poetry Friday– SOUNDS OF SUSURRUS… and Giraffes
Giraffe in Summer, © 2009 Michelle Kogan, pen and ink. Happy Poetry Friday! and Happy Summer! At the beginning of June Laura Purdie Salas, who is a poet, author, and member of a group of Poets known as the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, Giraffes, Humanity, Karen Eastlund, Karen's Got a Blog, Laura Purdie Salas, life, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Poetry Sisters, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Susurrus, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Lollipop… & Moon
Happy Poetry Friday! Sharing some of my front yard tulips that were begging to be seen… lollipop tulips lollygagging mid may’s day away… © 2020 Michelle Kogan And a poem that Dear Moon asked me to write… DEAR MOON … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Lollipop Tulips", #PoetryFriday, Art, environment, family, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Missing you…, moon, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Thanks, travel, Tulips, Waiting, Writing
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Progressive Poem 2020 is here! #NPM
Welcome to the 2020 Progressive Poem. Created originally, and hosted up to this year by Irene Latham, during National Poetry Month. This year Margaret Simon has picked up the baton and is our new host. Thank you Irene and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Progressive Poem 2020, Action, animals, Art, Banjo, Banjo rendition, Children, Donna Smith, Dreams, earth, environment, family, Fran Haley, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, Lyrical poem, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poem, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, travel, video, wings, WIP Banjo, Writing
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Poetry Friday–NaPoWriMo: Mourning Dove
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! I’m sharing a poem, art, and pics of a mourning dove that visited me this week in my backyard garden. Actually a pair visited, for quite a long time… I’m very … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020, #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, birds, Christie Wyman, earth, environment, family, gardens, Humanity, JoAnn Balingit, Michelle Kogan, mourning dove, Narcissus, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, Thanks, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo: Earth Day–earth-art & letter poem
Happy Earth Day on this 50th Celebration! I’m sharing some earth-art and a letter poem. DEAR EARTH Dear Earth, Lend us your deep-rooted wisdom So we may make wise our neglectful history Send us your powerful patience So we may earn it … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #EarthDay2020, #NaPoWriMo2020, Action, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Letter Poem, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Jane Yolen and Response
Happy Poetry Friday! On Monday I read Jane Yolen’s heart-wrenching poem, Plowing Under. The poem reminded me of a few articles I just read about long car lines waiting for food at food pantries, and how farmers are having to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Coronavirus, #PoetryFriday, Action, birds, dusky-throated antshrike, environment, family, Farmer's Plowing Under Food, friends, Helpers, Humanity, Hunger, Jane Yolen, Michelle Kogan, Mile long food pantry lines, Molly Hogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, wings
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