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Poetry Friday-Mid Winter
Happy Poetry Friday! Here we are smack dab in the middle of another midwestern Chicago Winter…I’m sharing a Mid Winter poem and some music to soothe whatever can use soothing, and shoo away any February blues. MID WINTER… Wars raging … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "MID WINTER", Annual February Poetry Project, Art, Chicago Midwinter, Haiku, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, nature, patience, poem, poems, poetry, Pondering, reflections, Walks, Writing
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Poetry Friday–New Year, New Book, New Card!
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a New poem celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, a New Anthology Book I’m in, and a New Valentine’s Card. LUNAR SOLAR Lunisolar year of the rabbit year of the cat celebrate the animals in … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem
Tagged "Heron's Home", Art, Asian New Year, Caldwell Pond, Children's Poetry Anthology, Chinese New Year, Emphathy, Etsy Shop, kindness, Lunar, Lunisolar, M.R. Street, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, nature, Painting, patience, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, s Cards, SO MANY ANIMALS! A Child's Book of Poetry, Solar, Turtle Cove Press, Valentine, Valentine's Day Cards, Watercolor, Writing, Year of he Cat, Year of the Rabbit
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#Inktober2019 Day 5 and Haiku
pumpkin palooza– build patience, climb it up towards sky… © Michelle Kogan #Inktober2019 day 5 prompt: build Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, Action, Art, earth, family, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, patience, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Ponder, pumpkin, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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#PoetryFriday: Sparrows, Spring, & Music
we’re windowpane sparrows pining for spring it’s coming, be patient… pop by each afternoon, come out, take a peak, commune with nature–a natural treat… © 2019 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! Linda Baie at her blog TeacherDance is our hostess … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "White Bird", #PoetryFriday, Art, Christie Wyman, doves, environment, Humanity, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, music, patience, poems, poetry, reflections, sparrows, spring, Teacher Dance, thoughts, Watercolor, Wondering and Wondering, 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
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
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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#Haikuforhealing 12-14-2017 & Sketch
Thanks go to my resident #cottontail. cottontail sits, whiskers move as she waits for me to leave. © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, chicago, Children's Illustration, cottontail, drawing, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, patience, pen, Plein Air, poem, poetry, quick sketch, sketch, Writing
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#Inktober day 5 & okra haiku
OKRA PATIENCE okra we waited together patiently all summer long … © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #inktober, #Inktober2017, Art, backyard gardens, gardens, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Okra, patience, pen, poem, poetry, sketchbooks, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 17 haiku and quick watercolor #sketch
tulip tango thrice, petals patiently unwrap spring’s waiting presence… © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Children's Illustration, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Painting, patience, pen, poetry, Presence, spring, Tulips, Writing
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Orb Weaver Haiku Hangs by a Thread in a Chicago Backyard
orb weaver waiting diamond queen cobweb prizes patience persistence my early morning reward was this magnificent orb weaver which greeted me as I meandered through my garden early this morning…
Posted in Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Writing
Tagged cobweb, haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, orb weaver, patience, persistence
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