Tag Archives: Linda Mitchell

Poetry Friday–WIP & Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a very short post… I’m working on an exhibit proposal that’s due very soon. The WIP image here is an environmental piece that has two haikus, here they are: it’s the bees kneesas long … Continue reading →

Posted in Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged A Word Edgewise, Art, bees, Carol Labuzzetta, drawing, endangered species, exhibits, Flowers, Fritillary Butterfly, gardens, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, mother's day, nature, Painting, Picture Perfect Poetry, poem, poems, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, reflections, submissions, Violas, WIP, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Exquisite Corpse Poem

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! GLOBAL REPAIRERS… Woodsmoke rising horizon-turning dayGypsy wagon wheels ready to roll Air quality-checker climate changerwho can foretell what our future holds Gratitude old-growth-trail refereewe’ll come around again someday, you’ll see. © 2023 Michelle Kogan & Linda Mitchell, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, Air Quality, August, Climate Change, Climate Changer, Exquisite Corpse, Exquisite Corpse Poems, Global, Gratitude, Linda Baie, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Old Growth Forests, Poetry Sisters, Repairers, summer | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday-Zinnia’s

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

zinnia florets—self-seed prayers crawl through crackswith surprise light. ©2023 Michelle Kogan, draft Happy Poetry Friday! I’m having a zinnia extravaganza, come on in and look around. It started with Margaret Simon’s This Photo Wants to be a Poem, post from … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Self-seed Prayer", A Word Edgewise, Art, chicago, Etsy Shop, Flowers, gardens, Haiku, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, poetry, Poetry Friday, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Watercolor, Zinnia, Zinnia Floret | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Solstice Caterpillar… & Yeava Skalietska

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was on one of my milkweed leaf-checking routes (checking and abating aphids) and I spied this lovely baby monarch caterpillar–natures gift back to me. Another bonus of checking the milkweed is handling the ever-so-soft velvety leaves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Backyard gardens, #Poetry Friday, A Word Edgewise, books, gardens, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarch Caterpillars, summer, Ukraine, Yeava Skalietska | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky Nesting and Thanks!

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Poetry Month, and Happy Sky Nestings SPRING RITUAL Birds are building nests everywhere… Sparrows, Robins, Cardinals, and high above a pair of Cooper’s Hawkscontemplate their next move… Eh eh commence spring nest building look up into … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #ClimatePoemProject, #EndangeredPollinatorPoem, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #NPM, #Poetry Friday, birds, Cooper's Hawk, Hawk, Irene Latham, Jone Rush Macculloch, Laura Shovan, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, reflections, Spring Nests, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday—Folktale Week Poem

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

Fall Leaves card, © 2015, Michelle Kogan, pen and ink and watercolor, available in my online Etsy Shop: Michelle Kogan Fine Art Happy Poetry Friday! I decided to pick up the prompt that was created by Linda Mitchell, on her … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #folktaleweek2022, #PoetryFriday, "The Magic Tree", A Word Edgewise, Art, artist, Haibun, Haiku, Inklings, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Mother Earth, Nat King Cole, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, reflections, Sustain Mother Earth, trees, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Haikus, Stars, & Poem Walks…

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Star-sparkle For Linda Mitchell august morning star stirs hope and wonder, spread her sparkle… © Michelle Kogan Can’t help thinking about Linda Mitchell when I see my morning glories with their beautiful star pattern… Happy Poetry Friday! Busy week, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Backyard gardens, #Morining Glories, #Nature, #Poetry Friday, #Stars, "Star-sparkle", Leap of Dave, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday– Buttercup Prayer and Twine Prompt

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Whoa, Taking a breath from this past week,and sending out healing prayers… I scribbled away a few poems in response to the shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. I like so many others are still taking this … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged A Word Edgewise, Action, Art, artist, Buttercups, Change US Gun Laws, Covid, Haibun, haiku, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, Poetry Friday, Poetry Pals, Speak up, Terisa Siagatonu, Uvalde School Shooting | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–Time & Star Postcard

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

Happy Poetry Friday My poem today is from another of the poem prompts from author and poet Laura Shovan for her 10th Annual February Poetry Project that I’m participating in. The prompt was offered by author and poet, Patricia Valdata, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "WE BELONG", "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" Poem, Laura Purdie Salas, Laura Shovan, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Patricia Valdata, Sandy Denny | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday— Bird’s Feeding–Native Chicagoan’s…

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Last week the new named Poetry Group, the Inklings, including Margaret Simon, Catherine Flynn, Linda Mitchell, Heidi Mordhorst, Molly Hogan, and Mary Lee Hahn, challenged themselves to write ghazal’s for their monthly prompt. Well, I’ve written at … Continue reading →