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Poetry Friday—one little word…

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been mulling over words for a one little word to select for this year. I’ve selected a word, although on my path I came across this poem thinking about one’s one little word… My word is … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing | Tagged #OLW, #PoetryFriday, "The Shape of Water", Alexandre Desplat, Art, Beyond Literacy Link, care, Carol Varsalona, centering calm, Feather, golden shovel, magic, Michelle Kogan, nature, one little word, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, Watercolor, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap & Thanks

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Tabatha Yeatts created a “glowing” acrostic poem-bookmark for me for the Summer Poetry Swap, thanks so much Tabatha, and thanks for organizing the swap again this summer too, xo! She used some of my art as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap, Acrostic poems, Bookmarks, Giving Thanks, golden shovel, Jesse Anna Bornemann, Kat Whiskers, Kathryn Apel, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Paul MacCartney, Tabatha Yeatts, Tune poem | 23 Comments

Poetry Friday–Bounty, Dreams, & Painting …

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some art and poems that were inspired by and begun while in Door County, WI. My first poem is a golden shovel that I built from Langston Hughes’ poem Dreams. DREAMS What shall we hold … … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, Bounty Dreams Painting, Door County, environment, family, golden shovel, Humanity, lake Michigan, Langston Hughes, Michelle Kogan, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, sailboats, seaguls, spirit, sun, thoughts, travel, water, Writing | 31 Comments

Poetry Friday–Golden Shovel, Books, Children

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My thoughts were and are still with the students and teachers of the Santa Fe, Tx, High School shooting from last week. I let poetry and painting feed the outrage in my heart. I had just received this beautiful book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Between the Lines, books, Elizabeth Cotten, environment, Freight Train, friends, golden shovel, Libba, Marching, May, Michelle Kogan, Nikki Grimes, people, poems, poetry, reflections, stories, The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten, Todays Little Ditty, wings | 40 Comments

Spring-art & poem

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

Happy Spring! SPRINGTIME’S AWAKE Splish splash away rain–Let ringing rays roll around the ground, dry–marshy March’s morning, ready right now, for spring’s dream times… Do ba de do… darling dewdrop Singing choo choo chirrup through all– Flower scent’s, sweet … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Springtime's Awake", Art, artist, golden shovel, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poetry, Sound Cloud, spring, springtime, Watercolor | 2 Comments

Poetry Friday-Golden Shovel/Speak Out

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m taken by the high school students continued activism, walk-outs, and marching that are happening here in the U.S. My poems for Poetry Friday this week come from these thoughts. This first poem is from the prompt that Michelle Heidenrich … Continue reading →