Tag Archives: Lee Bennett Hopkins

Poetry Friday–Prayers

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

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been thinking about prayers as the Jewish High Holiday, Rosh Hashanah begins Friday at Sundown. I was also thinking about individuals that aren’t able to go outside and take in nature, and what I could offer … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, beauty, care, Compassion, Harvest, Jewish High Holidays, Lee Bennett Hopkins, love, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, poetry, Prayer, Rosh Hashanah, Tikkun Olam | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday–For Lee Bennett Hopkins, #DearOneLBH

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This week for Poetry Friday many of us have written poems for our Dear Poet Pied Piper Lee Bennett Hopkins, who we just lost. We have borrowed lines from his poems and then created a new poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Jumping Off Library Shelves", "Story", "Storyteller", #DearOneLBH, #NPM, #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, books, Children's Poetry, imagination, Jone Rush Macculloch, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Kogan, Reading | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Heavy Heart

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My gosh what a week… My head has been in a whirl from the two mass shootings of last week in Ohio and Texas–My heart heavy, and frustration for change constant. Then we all heard of the passing of Toni … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Children, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Heavy Heart, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, Nix the comfort zone, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spirit, stories, Students, Waiting, wings, Women, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday-Lee Bennett Hopkins Birthday Bash! and #NaPoWriMo day 13

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

A Celebration of Jubilation of Historical Consideration! With Bookish Balloons and Wild Wacky Words, Marvelous Metaphors and Scrumptious Similes! Stir them Shake them Stick them In a Pan Dim the Lights Drum Roll Please… It’s A Birthday Bash for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, animals, anthologies, Art, Birthdays, Children's Books, Children's Poetry books, family, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, poems, Poetry Friday, Robyn Hood Black, spring, stories, Toady, Waiting, Writing | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday: Here Come the Holidays!

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

For Poetry Friday I’m sharing a list poem inspired by my preparation for a Holiday Fair I’m in, and stocking my Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art, for the upcoming Holidays. I’ve included a couple of holiday card teasers to wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, books, Eileen Spinelli, environment, Evanston Art Center, Evanston Art Center Winter Art's And Craft's EXPO, Falling Down the Page, family, Georgia Heard, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, List Poems, Measuring the Season, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Poetry Books, Poetry Friday, stories, Writing | 25 Comments

“Toady” a “Me” poem and quick sketch featured on Today’s Little Ditty Blog

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My “Me” Poem “Toady” is featured today on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes blog “Today’s Little Ditty”: http://www.michellehbarnes.blogspot.com The “Me” challenge this month came from poet, Lee Bennett Hopkins who Michelle featured on Thursday September 3, 2015. TOADY Toady, sure wish I left you where you belong… But … Continue reading →