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#NPM Day 6 #haiku & #watercolor
sun and curl soak rays in visionary serpent… 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: Academy of American … Continue reading
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Tagged #NPM, animals, Art, earth, environment, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, serpent, Snakes, spring, sunning, visionary, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing
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It’s National Poetry Month #NPM #NaPoWriMo
Happy 2019 National Poetry Month Oh my butterfly how I pine for your sight, ponder on by and pay me a visit soon, don’t make me wait till june… © 2019 Michelle Kogan I’ll be writing poems inspired by … Continue reading
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Tagged #NPM, 2019, animals, Art, Art and Poetry, Butterfly, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Monarch, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, Tanka, thoughts, Waiting, Watercolor, watercolor pencils, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 8
CHANGES IN NATURE I watched her grow for three seasons, munching away mostly in safe areas– Occasionally I had to run her out. When winter set in I saw her hunkering down. If I gave her space, there she’d sit … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Changes, cotton tale, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, reflections, thoughts, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 7–Tanka & Ladybug
From a poem prompt David Harrison gave us at Renee LaTulippe’s blog No Water River. A LOVELY BEETLE Can you guess my name? “You’re lovely ladybug!” Yes, but I’m really a beetle, called ladybird, and sometimes lady beetle. Say, Coccinellidae, … Continue reading
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Tagged #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, Beetle, ladybug, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, Tanka, Watercolor, wings
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Poetry Friday-#NaPoWriMo day 5 Tanka & Painting
Happy Poetry Friday, and National Poetry Month. I’ve had such a rich week perusing Jama Rattigan’s blog Jama’s Alphabet Soup and her postings of the many poets featuring poems this month! I’ve been following the Progressive Poem that Irene Latham … Continue reading
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Tagged #National Poetry Month, April, Art, books, buds, environment, Humanity, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, Painting, poems, poetry, spring, Tanka, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 5 Poem & Cat
APRIL’S MYSTERIES… Scurry of three birds gone in a flash– Black cat sauntering on a mission– On April fifth what else unfolds… ©2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, April, Art, cats, Michelle Kogan, mysteries, NaPoWriMo, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, thoughts, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 4 haiku & watercolor
midwest daffodils ready, set, go–ignore april’s snow! © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged April, Art, Daffodils, earth, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Midwest, NaPoWriMo, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, snow, thoughts, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 3-Poem for Shun Lee
ODE TO SHUN LEE … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Concrete poem, lizards, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, pets, poem, poetry, Shape poem, waterdragons, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 2 haiku & azaleas
pink petals pose perplexities or spring’s possibilities © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NationalPoetryMonth, Art, Azaleas, bees, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, Painting, poem, poetry, poetry Month, Watercolor, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 1–Letter Poem & Watercolor
Dear April, I’ve waited so many seasons for your rebirth. Anticipating my towering topaz tulips, searching for my poeticus paper whites… Oh woe is me–Dear April garden where can you be? My crown jewel crocuses have barley opened, my daffodils … Continue reading
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Tagged April, earth, environment, Flowers, Letter Poem, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, nature, patience, poem, poetry, Poets, reflections, Spring Garden, sun, thoughts, Writing
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