Tag Archives: Holidays

Poetry Friday–Dream Haiku & Holiday Cards

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I have a haiku to share from Margaret Simon’s post this week for This Photo Wants to be a Poem, thanks Margaret for the prompt! You can take a peek at the image by following the link, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, birds, Catherine Flynn, Christmas, Dreams, Hanukkah, Hawthorn Berries, heart, Holiday Gift Cards, Holidays, Hydrangea, Joy, love, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Moonbeam, peace, Robin, snow, snowflakes, Snowperson, winter | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here, dusted in Stardust!

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! The Poetry Friday Roundup is Here! Please add your link below In this dark time of year when light is scarce, I like looking up to the sky for hope and inspiration. Before bed each night, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #kidlitillustration, #PoetryFriday, artist, Bookmarks, Children's art, Dreams, Free, Freedom, Holidays, Hope, Kidlitosphere, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday Roundup, Space, Space Friends, Star gazing, stardust, stars | 39 Comments

Poetry Friday–Rosh Hashanah Card & Twister Poems

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know where the summer escaped too… I’m never really ready to let go of summer, even though I love fall. Summer feels fanciful, whimsical, and magical to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Aurora Borealis, Chicago's tornado, earth, fall, family, Harvest, Holidays, Humanity, Jewish New Year, life, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, Molly Hogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Cards, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, thoughts, travel, Twister, Waiting, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday: Holidaze & Online Art Classes

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Passover! Happy Easter! Well my #NaPoWriMo project has been eclipsed by many things… the major eclipse has been work–I’ve been preparing to teach two online classes that are starting the week of April 20th. I’ve made … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020, #Online Art Classes, #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Art, books, earth, Easter, Evanston Art Center, family, friends, Holidays, Humanity, Irene Latham, Michelle Kogan, nature, Passover, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, stories, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Writing | 21 Comments

Poetry Friday–Winter Poem Swap & #natember December Nature

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

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m very happy this week to share Joyce Ray’s treasure-filled Winter Poem Swap. In our poems and gifts to each other, ours thoughts both seemed to draw from historical spiritual, and social justice callings. The little poem books, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #hakuforhope, #natember, #PoetryFriday, #WinterPoemSwap, Art, books, Emily Dickinson, environment, Holidays, Joyce Ray, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, photos, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts | 13 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Dad and #Inktober2019

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I have a few poems today, the first couple are for #Inktober2019, from this weeks prompts. In my first one I’m continuing our approaching holiday theme with the prompt word from Monday: treasure. TREASURE Find treasure… spinning … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, ancient, Constancy, dad, Dreidels, family, Ghost, gingko tree, Halloween, Hanukkah, Holidays, Judgement, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Treasure, Trust | 13 Comments

#NaPoWriMo day 16–Poem inspired by a small old cemetery

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Hidden Cemeteries Reflections of holidays, spiritual journeys join, taking pauses, connecting with earlier bygone times. Stumbling on cemeteries, story stones remembrance, lineage lines redefined, openings into a past. Fragmented shaped memories, eternal shadows speaking, carry traditions forward, kindle candles forever. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poem, Writing | Tagged ""The Second Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue", Holidays, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, Old Jewish Cemeteries, poem, poetry, Remembering | Leave a comment

A #Haikuforhealing for Hanukkah and all our winter holidays

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged Bears, Compassion, Freedom, haikuforhealing, Hanukkah, Holidays, love, Michelle Kogan, peace, Pen and Ink, Understanding, Watercolor, winter, Winter Holidays | Leave a comment

#haikuforhealing and a handful of new mini archival prints

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Here are a handful of new mini archival prints I’ve added to my online etsy shop: Michelle Kogan Fine Art and a #haikuforhealing: december printer humming, fingers crossed, happy holiday presents! © 2016 Michelle Kogan … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches | Tagged archival prints, Art, Children's art, Gifts, Haiku, haikuforhealing, Holidays, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Painting, poem, poetry, prints, stocking stuffers, Writing | Leave a comment

#haikuforhealing & new cards in my etsy shop.

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

what was I supposed to do? aw, it’s okay, gosh i don’t remember. © 2016 Michelle Kogan Oh … it’s the holiday season, and my friends here can’t seem to remember. If you need some holiday inspiration, or a card, … Continue reading →