Tag Archives: March

Poetry Friday-Spring Gardens & Poems by Women

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Spring! It’s still cold here in Chicago, but hey the helleborus is starting to bloom and every once in a while the sun shines and warms us inside, so I’m sending my appreciations to Mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Anne Bradstreet, Art, artist, gardens, Helleborus, March, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poems by Women, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Regan Good, Rose Cappelli, Sarah Audsley, spring, Triolet, Watercolor Painting, WIP, Women's History Month, Writing | 4 Comments

Poetry Friday–THINK BLUE-VOTE BLUE

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m thinking and channeling blue… And today I’m sharing a poem from Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon’s blog post of yesterday for, This Photo Wants to be a Poem. It was a photo from a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, artist, Bridget Magee, Gouache, March, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Vote, Vote Blue, wee words for wee ones, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Youth Climate Strike

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m joining the #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, tomorrow, Friday 9-20-2019. Here’s my poster that has a poem I wrote for the march and rally. GOOD CLIMATE Trees and bees, Monarchs and seas Children’s needs Need: Good climate Good … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, air, animals, bees, Charles Waters, Children, Climate Strike, earth, environment, family, friends, gardens, Good Climate, Humanity, Irene Latham, Linda Baie, March, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, Seeds, soil, Students, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, water, Writing | 11 Comments

#Inktober 2018 Day 9 and poem

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

FALL FELL We Fell into FALL Upsidedown & backwards… with Hope– We’ll March Forward Writing yesterdays wrongs Facing front Eye’s forward One foot in front of the other Forever fighting For what’s FAIR For ALL! © 2018 Michelle Kogan

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged "Fall Fell", #inktober, animals, Art, books, Children, earth, environment, Fair, Fair for all, fall, family, friends, Humanity, Inktober 2018, March, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, people, Poem Poetry, reflections, spirit, stories, Vote, Watercolor, Women | 2 Comments

Quick sketch and poem “Preparing for Spring”

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Preparing for Spring © 2016 Michelle Kogan Below my window the earth lies beneath a light blanket of snow, preparing for spring on this overcast winter morn, the first of March… Though even further below worms are whispering, wondering, and … Continue reading →