Tag Archives: Etsy Shop

Poetry Friday–Welcome May & New Card

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy May! MAY GRATITUDE & MARVELS Gazing up through my window pillowous clouds merge into shape-shifting form… Patches of light washed cerulean blue sky excite me with goose-bumpy wonder… And spring’s young greengold leaves and ochreish … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, "May-Flower", "Through my window", Art, Asclepias and Bees in May, Emily Dickinson, Etsy Shop, Gratitude, Linda Baie, Marvels, May, Maypole Dance, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Milkweed seedlings, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Teacher Dance, Watercolor, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year, New Book, New Card!

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a New poem celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, a New Anthology Book I’m in, and a New Valentine’s Card. LUNAR SOLAR Lunisolar year of the rabbit year of the cat celebrate the animals in … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem & New Holiday Card

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 10 Comments

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–Ukraine & Spring Cards

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! As many others I have also had Ukraine and the Ukrainian people on my mind this last week. This unfounded War is an attack on Democracy everywhere. I wanted to help in some way and researched various … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Compassion, Donate Ukraine, Easter Greeting Cards, Etsy, Etsy Shop, Help Ukraine, Kathryn Apel, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Passover Greeting Cards, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, save democracy, Ukraine, War Poems, Watercolor, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here & Celebrating Holidaze!

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my Holidaze Poetry Friday Roundup! Please add your links for this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup below with Mister Linky. Hanukkah began this week and more winter Holidays are quickly approaching. I’m sharing a poem and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup, #Poetry Friday Roundup is here!, Art, Christmas, Etsy Shop, Evanston Art Center Winter Arts & Crafts Expo, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Holiday Cards, Holiday Cheer!, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, poetry, winter, Winter Holidays | 36 Comments

Poetry Friday—Potpourri with More Sky…

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Continuing on with my fascination with the sky, this week I was inspired by turbulence in our night sky… PREMONITION Sky canopy jostling this way and that can’t decide on it’sdirection or pull, branches and leavesgalloping willy-nilly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Alstroemeria Anniversary Card, Carol Wilcox, Elderflowers, Etsy Shop, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Mussorgsky, night, night sky, PREMONITION, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Tree roots talking, trees, Turbulence | 10 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 →

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Last Minute Holiday Gifts and Cards…

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Holidays! These bookmarks along with cards, archival … Continue reading →

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#PoetryFriday–#Inktober, ornaments & new card

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a few poems and quick sketches from the past week for #Inktober2019. The one above has turned into a holiday card (and will be posted soon in my Etsy Shop) with this haiku on … Continue reading →