Tag Archives: Flowers

Poetry Friday—Poetry & More…

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Women’s History Month! In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m sharing a golden shovel poem built from Margarita Engle’s prose piece, The Care and Feeding of Poetry, that’s featured in this months Poetry Foundation’s, Poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry, #PoetryFriday, #Spring Sprouts, #Women's History Month, buds, Bunnies, Easter Cards, eggs, Flowers, gardens, Kathryn Apel, Margarita Engle, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Passover Cards, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Pollinate, spring, Tulips | 14 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–Poem Swap

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m celebrating summer with my Summer 2020 Poem Swap sent to me by Rebecca Herzog. I was delighted to receive this lovely, feel good poem and watercolor celebrating summer and sparkles–this helped me to remember it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #kidlitillustration, #PoetryFriday, #SummerPoemSwap, Art, celebrate, Children, Children's Illustration, Dreams Corine Bailey Ray, earth, environment, Fairies, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Humanity, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, Sparkles, spirit, stars, stories, Students, summer, sun, Tabatha Yeatts, travel | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poetry Mix & Flowers

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hollyhocks, dance in my dreams and multiply… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I am thinking about the fall, schools beginning, and people returning to on location jobs. My first thoughts are, we’re not ready. Hence this tanka poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged "See all colors fairly", #PoetryFriday, Anticipation, Art, Bookseedstudio, dance, Dreams, earth, environment, family, FLOAT, Flowers, friends, Hollyhocks, Humanity, Indigenous rights, Jan G Annino, life, Michelle Kogan, Outcomes, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, travel, Waiting, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Tulips & Baby Leaves…

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing more #PoemsofPresence. The first one, from my notebook comes from thinking and wondering about poet, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, and her 100 tulips that she planted last fall… I was wondering if they are up and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, animals, Art, Baby Leaves, Carol Varsalona, Cottontails, earth, environment, family, Flowers, friends, Humanity, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, MichelleHeidenrich Barnes, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Tulips, Writing | 17 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Roundup is Here & Spring

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Come on in, the Poetry Friday Roundup is here, leave your poetry links below with Mister Linky. I’ve invited Spring for a brief escape from all the scariness out there… So, kick back and bathe yourself in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, bird songs, books, buds, Diane Mayr, earth, environment, family, Flowers, gardens, Humanity, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, May, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Peony, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spirit, spring, the best of Today's Little Ditty 2017-2018, Todays Little Ditty, Waiting, Writing | 38 Comments

Poetry Friday–Migratory Birds & Songs…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This weekend we move into Day Light Savings time in the midwest, and welcome more hours of evening light. We are also welcoming all the spring migratory birds, some that stay till fall, and some that visit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Birds of Passage", "Carnival of the Animals, #PoetryFriday, American Redstart, animals, Art, bird songs, environment, family, Flowers, friends, Henry wadsworth Longfellow, Humanity, Hyacinths, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, Migratory birds, music, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, spirit, video, wings, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–List Poem & Watercolor

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! What to do when the world won’t stop spinning… retreat to poetry and art. I squeezed in the beginning of a painting this afternoon–outside in the sunshine, even though a thousand other demands were calling me… … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, bees, Carol Varsalona, chicago, earth, fall, Flowers, Humanity, hummingbirds, List Poems, Michelle Kogan, Moonflower, nature, Plein Air, poetry, slowing down, stories, sun, thoughts, Waiting, Walks, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Soaking in Summer’s End…

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My daughter and I took a rendezvous to the Indiana Dunes National Park last Saturday. We lounged by the lake’s edge and then took a hike up the tallest Dune in the area Mount Tom, named … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Humanity, Indiana Dunes National Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Tolleston Beach, towering waves, travel, Watercolor, Writing | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–Lobelia and Fall…

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I had a week off in between my summer and fall classes that I teach, and tried to fit in a little bit of painting… My hearts still in summer but the leaves that are falling … Continue reading →