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Tag Archives: Hope
2024 Kidlit Progressive Poem–Last Stop!
Greetings all Progressive Poem writers and followers! Wow, what a poem this year, hope I did it justice. Welcome to the last day and last stop for our 2024 Progressive Poem. We started a little off the beaten track writing … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #NPM2024, care, Children, earth, Hope, Humanity, Irene Latham, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Month 2024, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Progressive Poem, reflections, Safety, sun, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Kittywampus… & peeks of spring
The world has felt very heavy to me of late… Hoping to find some lightness with the coming spring. KITTYWAMPUS EQUILIBRIUM On overload oh so overload this load may tip over though, overload feels shallow when the world is crying— … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Narsissus, #Poetry Friday, #Spring, #Spring Flowers, Art, Balance, Chicago Artist, Chicago poet, Chicago Writer, Equilibrium, Feelings, Haiku, Hate, Hope, Hope for Humanity, Kittywampus, Michelle Kogan, nature, Overload, patience, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Solstice & Playing with The Elfchen Poem
Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been playing with the Elfchen poem form. The Poetry Sisters selected that poem form as their challenge for this month and will be posting poems next Friday, December 29, 2023. They generously invite us all to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged "Lunar Solstice", Art, artist, dark, December, Evening, Hope, Humanity, Jone Rush Macculloch, light, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, moon, nature, Pen on Black paper, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Poetry Sisters, reflections, The Elfchen, Winter Solstice, Winter Solstice 2023, Writer
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Poetry Friday– Hanukkah – Celebration of Light
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a poem and WIP sketch for Hanukkah, which begins tonight, with a focus on spreading light and hope all around. HANUKKAH PRAYER Across a painted midnight skyI saw a shooting star, it blazed a path … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Hanukkah, #Poetry Friday, Art, Celebration of Light, community, December, family, Freedom, Hope, Michelle Kogan, nature, Patricia J. Franz, peace, poems, Reflection, Shooting Stars, sketch, sky, Winter Holidays, WIP, WIP Drawing, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Box-4×4 Poem Prompt
Happy Poetry Friday! My two poems below come from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a poem that has something to do with a “box.” I chose to write 4 x 4 poems, they have:– 4 stanzas– 4 syllables per … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Boxes of Love", "Chorus", 4 x 4 poems, Compassion, empathy, empowerment, Happy New Year!, Hope, Joy, Justice, kindness, love, Michelle Kogan, Patricia J. Franz, peace, Peter Streckfus, Reverie
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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem Prompt in Blue
Happy Poetry Friday! I don’t know how it’s the 4th week in October, but here we are…We in the U.S. have an Election coming up, and I’m pouring out B-L-U-E from everywhere. Including the poem prompt from the Poetry Sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober 2022 Inktober, #poetrypals, "BLUE WINDS", Art, Dansa, Election 2022, environment, Hope, Jone Rush Macculloch, Michelle Kogan, nature, October, Painting, poem, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Vote Blue, VOTE!, Watercolor
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Progressive Poem 2022 is Here!
Happy Last Day of National Poetry Month and Last Day for The Progressive Poem 2022 Well, here we are… What an adventurous romp this years Progressive Poem has been. Many thanks to Irene Latham who began the Progressive Poem and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #kidlitart, #Progressive Poem 2022, animals, artist, Aurora Borealis, Hope, Joyce Sidman, Kidlit Progressive Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, Poets, Pure Imagination, spring
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Poetry Friday–Inaugural Poems 2021
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m moving forward slowly with hope, for our country, America, and our world. I was smitten with our Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, THE HILL WE CLIMB. My post today includes a golden shovel poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Amanda Gorman, #PoetryFriday, "Dove's-wings", America, care, change, Compassion, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, Hope, Inaugural Poem 2021, inclusive, Justice, Laura Shovan, love, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Valentine's Day cards 2021, valentines day
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Poetry Friday–Democracy & Beginnings…
beginnings can be difficult–but we can chooseto begin again…© 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! My thoughts and poems are on the events of our US Certification Day, and the aftermath that unfolded… I’m still processing, but I’m also in … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, artist, begin again, beginnings, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, haiku, Hope, Michael Beschloss, Michelle Kogan, PBS Newshour, poetry, Sylvia Vardell, teaching, US Certification Day 2021, WIP, Writing
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