Tag Archives: gardens

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-Winter Poem Swap

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing a Winter Poem Swap gift and poem, from the collage artist extraordinaire Linda Mitchell. Linda has grown a garden for me chock full of words and nested in a collaged seed packet; a collaged bookmark–complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Poem Seeds", "Secrets of my Exploring", 2020 Holiday Poem Swap, Collaging, Exploring, Found Poems, gardens, Irene Latham, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, The Planets by Gustav Holst | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–NaPoWriMo: Mourning Dove

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 23 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–Giving Thanks

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was very happy this week when I received my very own copy of the best of Today’s Little Ditty 2017-2018, compiled lovingly by Michelle Heidenrich Barnes. The spot-on cover and inside art were created by Michelle’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #thanku, Bridget Magee, Diane Mayr, gardens, Giving Thanks, Haiku, Hope, Kathryn Apel, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Point of View, Thanksgiving, the best of Today's Little Ditty 2017-2018 | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–Youth Climate Strike

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m joining the #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, tomorrow, Friday 9-20-2019. Here’s my poster that has a poem I wrote for the march and rally. GOOD CLIMATE Trees and bees, Monarchs and seas Children’s needs Need: Good climate Good … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, air, animals, bees, Charles Waters, Children, Climate Strike, earth, environment, family, friends, gardens, Good Climate, Humanity, Irene Latham, Linda Baie, March, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, Seeds, soil, Students, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, water, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Naomi Shihab Nye– “Kindness” & Nature

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 19 Comments

#Inktober day 17 letter “J” & haiku

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #inktober, Art, autumn, earth, environment, fall, gardens, Haiku, Inktober 2018, jungle vines, Michelle Kogan, pen sketch, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, thoughts, Writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday–Butterflies and Bees

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my backyard … I’ve been in awe at the number of monarchs I have visiting in my garden this summer. There are sometimes five fluttering around at the same time. I’m sharing the path of … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, chicago, Emily Dickinson, gardens, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, oils, Painting, poems, poetry, Pollinators, WIP | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday: Bookmarks

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating books and bookmarks today, just because I love both and because I have a bevy of bookmark offerings in my online Etsy shop that would love to meet up with one of your books at, … Continue reading →