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Tag Archives: Haiku
Poetry Friday–Nature Poems, Dad’s Day Card & Summer Art Classes
Happy Poetry Friday! Come on in and sit for a spell, kick back and soak in some traces of summer, some poetry and art… beach walk blooms…prairie’s dainty petals dancein nature kissed winds. brunch by the shore—wind, wave, wings, wonder,all … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged artist, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Evanston Art Center, Father's Day, Father's Day Cards, Figure and Nature Drawing and Painting, Haiku, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle's Art Classes, Pen & Ink, Pen & Ink & Watercolor, poem, poems, Poet, Poetry Friday, reflections, Summer Art Classes, Tanka, Watercolor Classes, Writing
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Poetry Friday—#Birdtober: American Woodcock
Happy Poetry Friday! Well I’m down to doing about one or two #Birdtober, #Inktober art/poems per week. Teaching, prepping for a holiday show, and life in general is only allowing me to squeeze in a few—but I’m having so much … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #American Woodcock, #Birdtober, #inktober, #kidlitart, #PoetryFriday, @aholmesartstudio, artist, birds, Haiku, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poet
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Poetry Friday—Father’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Father’s Day with a new poem and older haiku. Father’s and families woven together over generationsfilled with traditions old and new, adapt to time while holding fast to families integrity. Father’s and families grow together … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, Father's and Families, Father's Day, haiga, Haiku, June 2021, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Remembering Father, Sketching, Writing
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#inktober2020 day 10 and #haiku.
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Posted in Home, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Action, Art, drawing, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, ladyliberty #VOTE #remember #humanity #Democracy #art #covidart, Michelle Kogan, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, thoughts, Truth, Writing
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Last Nature Haiku for 2019
Happy New Years Eve! Here’s my last nature haiku post for 2019, I’ve been tagging my haikus this last month as #natember, and more of my poet friends have been tweeting with #haikuforkindness #haikuforjustice #haikuforhope including: Linda Baie, Jone MacCulloch, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, 2020, Art, December, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, New Years, New Years Eve, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, winter, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice! I‘ve been thinking about the winter solstice and our changing seasons… Here are a couple poems I wrote while pondering on our solstice a haiku for #natember #haikuforhope #haikuforjustice #haikuforkindness, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, environment, Haiku, Lady Marmalade, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Nonet poem, Painting, Patti LaBelle, pen, Watercolor, winter, Winter Solstice 2019
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#Poetry Friday–Inktober day 10 Patterns
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with another haiku to accompany my inktober drawing, WIP. Thinking about our encroaching cold weather and all that fluffy snow that fills the ground… The prompt word is pattern. nature’s patterns inspire reflections mirroring beauty … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, animals, Art, beauty, Catherine Wallian Flynn, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Jake Parker, Michelle Kogan, nature, patterns, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading to the Core, reflections, reindeer, thoughts, travel, Truth, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Poetry and Art Workshop
Top left ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Jody Wilson, top right haiga © 2019 Celeste, bottom ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Brenda Happy Poetry Friday! Jone Rush MacCulloch is hosting this … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Cherita, #PoetryFriday, Art, books, ekphrastic, friends, haiga, Haiku, Humanity, Jone Rush Macculloch, Libraries, Michelle Kogan, Morton Grove Public Library, nature, poems, poetry, Poetry and Art Workshop, Ponder, reflections, Students, summer, Watercolor
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