Tag Archives: Molly Hogan

Poetry Friday–Truth Thomas & Skinny Poems

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! It’s still cold here in Chicago, but hey, it’s February and the seagulls don’t seem to mind… An excellent poetry workshop made it a bit more bearable for me today. I was happy to be part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "Our world feels like it's exploding", Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, Nix the comfort zone, poetry, Poetry Workshop, reflections, Skinny Poems, Truth Thomas, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday–Summer Garden Treasures, and more “Things We Feel”

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This week I’m sharing some treasures from my backyard garden… ZUCCHINI ODE(To A Favorite Vegie!) Zucchini how’d you grow like that? Curving like a crescent moon. Maybe you came from up above from a seed dropped by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Things We Feel", Art, backyard gardens, haiku, Janet Wong, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Pomelo Books, reflections, Sylvia Vardell, Writing, Zucchini | 11 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—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–New Lunar Moon

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Lunar Moon I looked to Moon for my poem this week, in celebration of having a Lunar Moon… and a bit of life slipped in too… If you spy a good image of her, send … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Villanelle, Art, care, lost lives, Lunar Moon 2021, masked, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, moon, poem, poetry, Rumi, sky, starts, Truth, Watercolor | 13 Comments

#Poetry Friday-Bookmarks and trying to stay steady…

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! In the midst of all the election anxiety I bring you a literary break with a peek into a few items I’ve added to my Etsy Shop, and more that are on their way there… Emilys been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #haikuforhope, #Poetic Diversion, #PoetryFriday, artist, Bookmarks, drawing, Election Anxiety, Emily Dickinson, Evanston Art Center EXPO 2020, Holiday Shows, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Painting, Pen and Ink, snowflakes, Susan Bruck | 24 Comments

Poetry Friday–Rosh Hashanah Card & Twister Poems

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know where the summer escaped too… I’m never really ready to let go of summer, even though I love fall. Summer feels fanciful, whimsical, and magical to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Aurora Borealis, Chicago's tornado, earth, fall, family, Harvest, Holidays, Humanity, Jewish New Year, life, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, Molly Hogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Cards, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, thoughts, travel, Twister, Waiting, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Jane Yolen and Response

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! On Monday I read Jane Yolen’s heart-wrenching poem, Plowing Under. The poem reminded me of a few articles I just read about long car lines waiting for food at food pantries, and how farmers are having to … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #Coronavirus, #PoetryFriday, Action, birds, dusky-throated antshrike, environment, family, Farmer's Plowing Under Food, friends, Helpers, Humanity, Hunger, Jane Yolen, Michelle Kogan, Mile long food pantry lines, Molly Hogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, wings | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–Heavy Heart

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My gosh what a week… My head has been in a whirl from the two mass shootings of last week in Ohio and Texas–My heart heavy, and frustration for change constant. Then we all heard of the passing of Toni … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Children, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Heavy Heart, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, Nix the comfort zone, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spirit, stories, Students, Waiting, wings, Women, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday: Thoreau, Nature, & Poetry Swap

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Wildlife Comes to Lake Shore Drive, endangered species, © 2013 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Available in my online Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art I read last week that today is Henry David Thoreau’s Birthday (I think from … Continue reading →