Tag Archives: nature

Poetry Friday–Good morning Haikus

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy June! Take a morning peek into my garden… good morningrose bud bursts—your spirit’scontagious!© 2023 Michelle Kogan, draft good morningmorning glories—you liftaway all worries© 2023 Michelle Kogan, draft good morningjacob’s ladder, your petals wisp like fairy … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Cottage garden blooms, Good morning, Haiku, June 2023, Michelle Kogan, Music from Nature, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, summer, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday-May Earthiness…

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a wee short post, as I’m still helping my mom pack, 6 days left before the move… robin, catbirdearth tilled joy— poke, prod—um, yumgarden solace pride. ©2023 Michelle Kogan, draft Janice Scully at her … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Nature, #Naturelover, #Poetry Friday, Catbird, gardens, Janice Scully, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Pride, reflections, Robin, Salt City Verse, Solace, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Mother’s Day! Still busy and filled-to-the-gills, so popping in with a 4 x 4 poem and brief Mother’s Day post for all feathered and unfeathered Mom’s all around… FEATHERED MAMA’S Flutter–fly–by Omnipresent On ground and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Mother's Day, #Poetry Friday, "Feathered Mama's", Art, Birdbaths, birds, butterflies, Cabbage White butterfly, Flowers, Happy Mother's Day, Helping mom, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, robins, Robyn Hood Black, spring, Tulips, Watercolor | 8 Comments

2023 Progressive Poem Finale!

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

“Write me a story that ends with sudden clarity.” Mary Lee suggested… As we began our 2023 Progressive Poem. So here we are at the closing of National Poetry Month and the closing of our Progressive Poem, that originated a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "earth's precious ground", 2023 Progressive Poem, Art, Irene Latham, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, moon, moon-seeds, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday- Earth Day & Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Earth Day, and Happy Poetry Month! HELP US! Look into my Hine’s Emerald dragonfly compound eyes anddiscover our gem-like history… Pooled within our 360 degree vision you’ll findwe’ve been here since the Triassic and Jurassic times, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #EarthDay2023, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #PoetryFriday, Art, dragonflies, endangered species, Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, Michelle Kogan, Mosquito eater, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, reflections, Watercolor, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky Nesting and Thanks!

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday, Happy Poetry Month, and Happy Sky Nestings SPRING RITUAL Birds are building nests everywhere… Sparrows, Robins, Cardinals, and high above a pair of Cooper’s Hawkscontemplate their next move… Eh eh commence spring nest building look up into … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #ClimatePoemProject, #EndangeredPollinatorPoem, #NationalPoetryMonth2023, #NPM, #Poetry Friday, birds, Cooper's Hawk, Hawk, Irene Latham, Jone Rush Macculloch, Laura Shovan, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, reflections, Spring Nests, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Etheree – Transformation – National Women’s History Month

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Can it be, here we are at the end of March and on the doorstep of April…And we have another poem challenge by the Poetry Sisters, this time to write an etheree– a ten line poem starting … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #2023National Poetry Month, #ClimatePoemProject, #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, 2023 National Poetry Month Project, Amaryllis, Etheree, Flowers, Laura Shovan, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, Poems on endangered pollinators, Poet, Queen Victoria Riflebird, spring, The BeZIne, Transformation, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday-Spring Gardens & Poems by Women

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Spring! It’s still cold here in Chicago, but hey the helleborus is starting to bloom and every once in a while the sun shines and warms us inside, so I’m sending my appreciations to Mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Anne Bradstreet, Art, artist, gardens, Helleborus, March, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poems by Women, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Regan Good, Rose Cappelli, Sarah Audsley, spring, Triolet, Watercolor Painting, WIP, Women's History Month, Writing | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday–Garden Moonpower Buds

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

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m continuing to think about spring and all things connected with it… Here’s some moon and sun inspired music… Laura Purdie Salas at her blog Small Reads for Brighter Days is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday roundup, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged # Poetry Friday, Flowers, Gardeners, gardens, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, Moonlight benefits plants, Moonpower, nature, poems, Poet, reflections, Small Reads for Brighter Days, Spring Blooms, Spring Buds, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Emerging Spring

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

EMERGING CHANGE Happy Poetry Friday! I watch and wait as spring shares her signs, and doves persist… EMERGING CHANGE Paper whites push up through softened, squishy soil Over-winter leaves linger and await waiting soil-ready hands Statuesque garden beauty earthen-world or … Continue reading →