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Poetry Friday–Cascade Poem and “Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology”

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from the Poetry Sisters prompt to write a cascade poem. In this poem form each line from the first stanza repeats itself in subsequent stanzas, in the third line of each stanza. It was … Continue reading →

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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-“Creative Brain”

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been participating in Laura Shovan’s 9th Annual February Poetry Project, where we write a poem a day during February. This year our poem prompt focus is the body. My Poem-Drawing here is from a prompt this … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Creative Brain", Art, Getty Museum, ideas, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, pencil sketch, Persistant, Poem-Drawing, poems, Poet-Artists, poetry, Polymath, Rebecca Brock, Ruth Bowen Hersey, William Blake | 15 Comments

#NaPoWriMo Day 10 #skinnypoem and #sketch

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

ANIMAL TRACKS Animals hunting for spring looking for forest tracks underneath snow, forest floors changing, waking forest hunting for animals looking for Spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, Animal Tracks, Art, environment, forest, forest floor, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Writing Month 2018, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, spring, tracks, Waiting | 4 Comments

I’m an Authlete–March Madness! Poetry 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I woke up today, an ordinary day, my catch up day as I don’t teach, but I have a grand new challenge coming up. I’m happy to share I’ll be one of the 64 authletes competing … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Layers and Snow Sketch

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Pencil sketch, © 2017 Michelle Kogan. Taken from a pic of my sister and I when we were packed into many, many, many layers! (p.s. I’m in the front.) Happy Poetry Friday! I have to admit the poems I’m sharing … Continue reading →

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Thanks Giving 2017–Poem & Sketch

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m thankful for morning’s light filling my windows bird’s songs especially winter’s trees speaking throughout the seasons city critters view of their world friendships forever new and old home–holding love and family writing stories and poetry creating art that … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Drear February-Tanka

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Drear February’s slate gray day–Early morn light dismal, damp, and daunting. Refusing to meander on its way. ©2017 Michelle Kogan For more Poetry Friday poems visit: Jone at Check it Out for the Poetry Friday Roundup. Thanks for hosting Jone.

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Groundhog day #tanka and #sketch

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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Story & quick sketch for the 6th Annual Halloweensie Contest 2016

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Susanna Leonard Hill is once again hosting her Annual halloweensie Writing Contest, it’s the 6th this year. For the story we had to include these three words: moon, ghost, and spider. Our stories also have to appeal to kids and … Continue reading →