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Tag Archives: Margaret Simon
Poetry Friday–New Figure Drawing Class, Poem, & Art
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m interrupting the ongoing political airways… To bring you… My brand new Online Figure Drawing–Painting & Composition Class, beginning next week on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Harper College in their Community Education Department–and am looking to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art Classes online 2021, artist, drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting, Figure Drawing–Painting ¶Composition Class, Harper College Community Education, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, poems, poetry, Poetry and the Environment, Rondelle
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Poetry Friday–Poetry Reading & daily poems
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a little left over summertime before we dive into winter, in celebration of last weeks election results and a Poetry Reading that’s coming up next week. Next Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm, CST I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikus, #painting, #PoetryFriday, #WIP, Daily Poems, Evanston Art Center Winter Art EXPO 2020, Laura Purdie Salas, Maggie Queeney, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Reading, Robyn Hood Black, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem
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Poetry Friday–John Lewis
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing
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Poetry Friday: LIFE’S BREATH
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from reflecting on this past week. I chose to try an “In One Word” poetry form, that was introduced to us two weeks ago by April Halperin Wayland at her blog Teaching Authors. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged "In One Word", #PoetryFriday, Anger, April Halperin Wayland, breath, Breathe, earth, family, friends, Hate, hearts, Hope, Humanity, Justice, life, Linda Baie, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Passion, poems, poetry, Ponder, Prejudice, reflections, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing
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Progressive Poem 2020 is here! #NPM
Welcome to the 2020 Progressive Poem. Created originally, and hosted up to this year by Irene Latham, during National Poetry Month. This year Margaret Simon has picked up the baton and is our new host. Thank you Irene and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #Progressive Poem 2020, Action, animals, Art, Banjo, Banjo rendition, Children, Donna Smith, Dreams, earth, environment, family, Fran Haley, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, Lyrical poem, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poem, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, travel, video, wings, WIP Banjo, Writing
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Poetry Friday–#olw (one little word…)
Happy Poetry Friday! It took some pondering this year to come upon my one little word… last year’s #olw was pondering, and our journey together rewarding. Here’s a small list of words I considered: changes perseverance action metaphor humanity reflect … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #joy, #openyoureyes, #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, Breathe, Children, earth, environment, family, Humanity, Kathryn Apel, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading, reflections, Robert Ertman, Ruthie Foster, spirit, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Wind, Winter poem swap, Writing
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