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Poetry Friday–Cascade Poem and “Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology”
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
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #poetrypals, "With desire change may begin.", artist, Bookseedstudio, Bridget Magee, Cascade Poems, Caterpillars, change, Fib poems, Fibonacci sequence, Jan Godown Annino, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Butterflies, nature, pencil sketch, poem, poems, Poetry Sisters, reflections, Transformation, Two Truths and a FIB Poetry Anthology, WIP Drawing
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Poetry Friday—Sky, Sun, & Water
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
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Poetry Friday-“Creative Brain”
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
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#NaPoWriMo Day 10 #skinnypoem and #sketch
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
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I’m an Authlete–March Madness! Poetry 2018
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
Poetry Friday: Layers and Snow Sketch
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
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, Children, cold, friends, LAYERS, Michelle Kogan, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pabo Neuda, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, snow, winter
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Poetry Friday: Drear February-Tanka
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.
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Drear February, Michelle Kogan, Painting, pen, pencil sketch, poem, poetry, Poetry Friday, Tanka, Watercolor, Writing
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Groundhog day #tanka and #sketch
Happy Groundhog Day! groundhog’s freedom march! sign-up, speak-out, today, inalienable rights for all critters and human animals too! © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Children, Critter rights, family, Freedom march, friends, Groundhog Day, human rights, Humanity, inalienable rights, Michelle Kogan, pen, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, Speak out, thoughts, Watercolor, Women, Writing
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Story & quick sketch for the 6th Annual Halloweensie Contest 2016
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