Tag Archives: Joy Harjo

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 →

Posted in Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "MEMORY OF NOVEMBER'S PAST", Academy of American Poets, artist, Carol's Corner, family, Gather in Poems, Hope, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Pantoum, Poem Prompt, Remember | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Women & Spring leaves art activity

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

wash your thoughts in spring’s greens, while remembering we are one of many… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum had an interesting post on lichens and leaves and they talked about the naturalist … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged "An American Sunrise", "Pandemic Prayer", #PoetryFriday, Academy of American Poets, Art, Art Activity, Elizabeth Emerson Atwater, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Kogan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rubbed leaves, Students, Tabatha Yeatts, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Thanks, thoughts, Truth | 16 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 1968 Tale of School Turmoil, Action, animals, Art, books, classes, earth, Emma Reynolds, environment, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Protests, reflections, spirit, stories, Students, sun, teaching, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 11 Comments

#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading →