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Poetry Friday–Naomi Shihab Nye– “Kindness” & Nature
Milkweed, Hollyhock, Monarchs, Bee, and Dragonfly, © 2016 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! Our Host this week is Mary Lee Hahn. Mary Lee is celebrating Naomi Shihab Nye–and asked us all to join in. I took … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, Flowers, gardens, Humanity, inalienable rights, kindness, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, mother nature, Naomi Shihab Nye, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, thoughts, Waiting, wings, Women
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#NaPoWriMo Day 13
GROW MILKWEED SEEDS Looking looking searching high and low, Are you my milkweed seeds starting to grow… 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, Art, books, earth, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Milkweed seeds, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seeds, spring, sun, thoughts, Waiting, Writing
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Poetry Friday–More Monarchs & Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m posting early as I’m on my way to Door County, WI. I think the monarchs may become more scarce soon as the milkweed flowers are almost finished blooming. A few more pics from my … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, Catherine Wallian Flynn, environment, family, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, poems, poetry, Reading to the Core, reflections, summer, thoughts, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Butterflies and Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my backyard … I’ve been in awe at the number of monarchs I have visiting in my garden this summer. There are sometimes five fluttering around at the same time. I’m sharing the path of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, chicago, Emily Dickinson, gardens, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, oils, Painting, poems, poetry, Pollinators, WIP
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Afternoon #Garden #Haiku
busy bee buzzing amongst milkweed marvels winters far away … © 2017 Michelle Kogan SaveSave
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged bees, Busy Bee, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, photography, photos, poem, poetry, summer, wings, Wrting
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Poetry Friday and Fireflies
I’m welcoming summer in with a few of my favorite things, summer solstice, milkweeds, and fireflies! As soon as the fireflies were out I knew summer had begun. Hope you had a wonderful Solstice. Here’s another firefly haiku and one … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Fireflies, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, Poetry Friday, Robert Frost, Solstice, summer, Summer Solstice
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Poetry Friday and Fairies
JUNE FAIRIES June Fairies full of Sprite, never ever full of fright. Summer solstice very near, spinning magic that’s sincere. Heavy skies fade away, when the fairies come and play. Catch their view if you can, fireflies flicker out their … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, Fairies, Irises, June Fairies, Mchelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Friday, Rose Fyleman, spirit, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Natures Voice & WIP
I went on another poem hunt and found the poet Karen An-Hwei Lee. My poem today is inspired by a poem of hers that I am sharing, and accompanies my WIP watercolor painting. Karen An-Hwei Lee’s poem follows below mine. You … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, birds, butterflies, cottontail, environment, https://jamarattigan.com, KAREN AN-HWEI LEE, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, Natures Voice, poem, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Praise, sunflowers, WIP, Writing
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