Tag Archives: Margaret Simon

Poetry Friday–Holiday Lights & “This Photo Wants to be…”

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hanukkah lights spreadglowing warmth, like familyleaning in for hugs © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a couple short poems today as I’m busy preparing for a Holiday Show, the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Annual Winter Arts … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #COP26, #PoetryFriday, A(nother) Year of Reading, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Hanukkah Greeting Cards, International Climate Conference 2021, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Reflections on the teche, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem | 13 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 →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged Backyard birds, birds, Birds eating Sunflower seeds, Birds fall feeding, Black-capped Chickadee, Catherine Flynn, fall, Ghazal, Goldfinch, Heidi Mordhorst, Inklings, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Native Chicago Birds, poem, poetry, Poetry Friday, sunflowers, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, White-breasted nuthatch | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Cycling & Breath

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem below was inspired by Margaret Simon’s blog post yesterday for, THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM, on her blog Reflections on the Teche. I substituted a bicycle photo of my own, so do drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "Cycling Memories", "World Balance", breath, Christie Wyman, Covid Delta Variant, Diamante, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, moon, Painting, Perseid Meteor Shower, Poem Poetry, Reflections on the teche, Sorrow, sunflowers, Watercolor, Wildfires, Wondering and Wandering | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky, Sun, & Water

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem this week was inspired by Margaret Simon’s prompt, from her post this week on THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM… I wrote the poem, didn’t have a chance to post it, then tweaked it … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, colors, dragonfly, James Weldon Johnson, Leigh Anne Eck, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, mother nature, nature, Nix the comfort zone, pencil sketch, Prehistoric, sketch, sky, summer, sun, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, water | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday—Poem Swap—Whimsy & Water…

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to share with you my joy filled poetry swap package that I received fromMargaret Simon! Margaret sent me a collaged writing journal infused with summeryness! Margaret’s poem borrowed words from a recent poem of mine … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Alstroemeria, #Hummingbird wings, #Nature, #Naturelover, #painting, #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap, #watercolor, #WIlly-nilly, Chicago's plummeting and rising water crisis, dragonfly, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Reflections on the teche, Tabatha Yeatts, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Water and Climate Crisis | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday—Potpourri with More Sky…

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Continuing on with my fascination with the sky, this week I was inspired by turbulence in our night sky… PREMONITION Sky canopy jostling this way and that can’t decide on it’sdirection or pull, branches and leavesgalloping willy-nilly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Alstroemeria Anniversary Card, Carol Wilcox, Elderflowers, Etsy Shop, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Mussorgsky, night, night sky, PREMONITION, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Tree roots talking, trees, Turbulence | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky Pleasures

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Earlier this week I read i love you to the moon &, by Chen Chen, and it flew me away to another place… i love you to the moon &by Chen Chen not back, let’s not come … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, artist, Chen Chen, Coldplay, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poetry, Reflections on the teche, sky, sky gazing, Sky poems, Watercolor, Writer | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Progressive Poem & Poem in the style of Linda Hogan

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Welcome to the last stop for the Progressive Poem 2021 Our Progressive Poem began with author/poet Irene Latham and as of last year, the poem baton has been passed on to Margaret Simon at her blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, #Progressive Poem 2021, #seeds, #Spring, #Spring Sprouts, Christie Wyman, Irene Latham, Kathryn Apel, LInda Hogan, Margaret Simon, Matt Forest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, Tanita S. Davis | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday–Robins for Earth Day 2021

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

robin dreams of catalpa canopies, summer’s secret solace © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Earth Day with thoughts about how we can help our friend Robin. The counts of Robins are down in the cities, mainly due … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #Earth Day 2021, #NPM2021, #PoetryFriday, #Progressive Poem 2019, American Robin, birds, Catherine Flynn, City Birds, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Protecting Robin's, Reflections on the teche, Soul Blossom Living, Susan Bruck | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Figure Drawing Class, Poem, & Art

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 →