Tag Archives: Humanity

2024 Kidlit Progressive Poem–Last Stop!

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–Abecedarian Poem Book & Poem Prompt

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing a mix this week, wrapping up with my Abecedarian Spring Poem Book and also the Poetry Sisters April prompt to write a poem from unanswerable questions and answer them, via “the work of Rebecca Kai … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem | Tagged #Abecedarian Poem Book, #National Poetry Month 2024, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Flowers, Georgia Heard, Humanity, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Michelle Kogan, Passover, Passover 2024, Poetry Books, Poetry Flipbook, Prayer, Progressive Poem 2024, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rondel, Ruth Bowen Hersey, spring, Unanswerable Questions | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Solstice & Playing with The Elfchen Poem

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Holiday Show and Weather Poem

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m inviting all those in the Chicago area to the Evanston Art Center’s 21st Annual WINTER EXPO Holiday ShowRunning through December 20th 2023 Guaranteed to bring a sense of solace while there… 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Theatre & Music, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Anastasia Suen, Art, chicago, cold, December, earth, Evanston Art Center, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, snow, Watercolor, weather, winter, WINTER EXPO HOLIDAY SHOW, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday – Prayers, Poems, & Thoughts for Israel

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

float petals with love and prayer, and soothe heavy-hearts of Yisrael… © 2023 Michelle Kogan, draft Poetry Friday Ah, what a week, taking a couple of ocean breaths… I’m still in deep thought about last Saturday’s attack on Israel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Worlds Crying", #inktober, #inktober2023, #PoetryFriday, Art, artist, box poem, Catherine Flynn, dad, Heavy-hearts, Humanity, Israel, Mend us, Michelle Kogan, My Juicy little universe, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, Poet, poetry, Prayer, Reading to the Core, reflections, Thoughts for Israel, Watercolor, Writer, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here!

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup today, drop your links off below with Mister Linky, and enjoy all the poetry ponderings around our small planet. Along with my poem and art, I found an interesting art/culture article … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup, Art, artist, birds, Bravery, care, Culture, Disrepair, Humanity, Kyiv, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Painting, poem, Poets, reflections, Wars, Writer, Writing | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday-Humanity

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Thought I’d share some garden beauty this week… HUMANITY’S HYDRANGEA Let me lose myself in pom-pom pink profusions of nature’s woven four-floret tapestry, it’s contagious lopsided perfection of lavender, purple, and pink values leave me breathless— Yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "THE HURTING KING", Ada Limón, ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES, Elisabeth Norton, Humanity, Hydrangea, July, Lavender, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature photos, Pink perfection, PLASTIC FREE JULY, poems, purple, reflections, thoughts, Unexpected Intersections, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Artist Anna Scherbyna & Ekphrastic Poem

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been researching contemporary Ukrainian Artists in efforts to share one for International Women’s Month, and discovered Anna Scherbyna. I wrote an ekphrastic poem from one of her powerful art pieces called, Disposition of the Power Gaze … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Anna Scherbyna, Art, Charcoal Drawing, Contemporary Ukraine Artist, ekphrastic, Helplessness of war, Humanity, International Women's Month, Justice, Michelle Kogan, museums, Pinchuk Art Centre, poem, poetry, Ruth Bowen Hersey, There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Truth, Ukraine War, War Crime's | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday–”MEMORY OF NOVEMBER’S PAST,” prompt…

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a poem from a poem prompt by the Poetry Princesses, Poetry Sisters, Laura Purdie Salas, Tanita S. Davis, and all. This month we were asked to write a poem about hindsight, and about a memory … Continue reading →