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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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