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Poetry Friday–Soaking in Summer’s End…
Happy Poetry Friday! My daughter and I took a rendezvous to the Indiana Dunes National Park last Saturday. We lounged by the lake’s edge and then took a hike up the tallest Dune in the area Mount Tom, named … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Humanity, Indiana Dunes National Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Tolleston Beach, towering waves, travel, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Peonies
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been patiently waiting for the weather to warm. The flowering plants are waiting too… I’m sharing a dizain poem and painting about my peonies and their journey this spring. I learned about the dizain from Molly … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, chicago, Dizain, earth, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, Waiting, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Fleur de vigne
I’m dreaming about summer flowers and sunshine… LOST BUT FOUND Fleur de vigne went through the wash umpteen-some times shriveled email rescued at last contact reclaimed anecdote note photo those scraps else they’ll fade away… ©2019 Michelle Kogan Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, environment, Flowers, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, lilies, Lost But Found, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, summer, sun, sunshine, thoughts
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#NaPoWriMo Day 30, #watercolor
A DAY WITHOUT POETRY Splash of color ripple of chords taste of beauty– Adieu to you Dear poetry month, see you soon, as a day without poetry will never do… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Art, Chorsd, color, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, music, Painting, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, thoughts, Watercolor, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions
Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, Action, American Poets, Art, Carol Varsalona, Children, Cohabitate cordially, earth, environment, family, Flowers, getting along, Humanity, hummingbirds, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kim Dower, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poetry and the Environment, Poetry Foundation, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, WIP, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–#NaPoWriMo & Earth Day
Purple Onion Plant and Peonies, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan,watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I like to ponder on about our earth everyday, so I’m beginning my celebration of Earth Day today… Happy Earth Day and National … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Art, earth, earth day, environment, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Peonies, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Triolet poem, Watercolor, WIP, Writing
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