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Poetry Friday–John Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poetry Mix & Flowers

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hollyhocks, dance in my dreams and multiply… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I am thinking about the fall, schools beginning, and people returning to on location jobs. My first thoughts are, we’re not ready. Hence this tanka poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged "See all colors fairly", #PoetryFriday, Anticipation, Art, Bookseedstudio, dance, Dreams, earth, environment, family, FLOAT, Flowers, friends, Hollyhocks, Humanity, Indigenous rights, Jan G Annino, life, Michelle Kogan, Outcomes, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, travel, Waiting, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–RETHINKING THE 4th

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was in a quandary about this post as we approach the 4th of July weekend and its celebrations. My views on July 4th as independence day have changed. If we are as a country, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Home, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 4th of July, Action, Art, Claudia Rankine, family, Freedom, friends, Golden Shovel Poem, Humanity, Jericho Brown, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, stories, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 13 Comments

#NaPoWriMo: Earth Day–earth-art & letter poem

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Earth Day on this 50th Celebration! I’m sharing some earth-art and a letter poem. DEAR EARTH Dear Earth, Lend us your deep-rooted wisdom So we may make wise our neglectful history Send us your powerful patience So we may earn it … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #EarthDay2020, #NaPoWriMo2020, Action, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Letter Poem, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing | Leave a comment

#NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 1 -Feathered Friends

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy National Poetry Writing Month #NaPoWriMo! Here’s a poem to lift your spirits, inspired by my early morning feathered friends! #Birds #Climateendangered #Poem MORNING WAKEUP CALL Cock a doodle doo rang out rooster’s rollicking call, Cherup, cherup, cherup, sang … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020 Michelle Kogan, bird songs, cheer you up!, environment, family, feathers, friends, Humanity, music, people, poem, poems, poetry, Poets, reflections, robins, roosters, sparrows, Thanks, thoughts, wakeup call, wings, Writing | 1 Comment

Poetry Friday–#olw (one little word…)

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! It took some pondering this year to come upon my one little word… last year’s #olw was pondering, and our journey together rewarding. Here’s a small list of words I considered: changes perseverance action metaphor humanity reflect … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #joy, #openyoureyes, #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, Breathe, Children, earth, environment, family, Humanity, Kathryn Apel, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading, reflections, Robert Ertman, Ruthie Foster, spirit, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Wind, Winter poem swap, Writing | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Reflections…

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a quick nonet poem and art influenced by our lack of light this morning… REFLECTIONS OF EERINESS Amber lamppost shines in light of day casting shadows of eeriness… Curtains of displease nod from … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #climatestrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Billie Holiday, Blue Moon, Climate action, earth, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Introspection, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reflection, thoughts, Truth, video, Women, Writing | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year, New Light, New Activism…

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to 2020… I’ve been thinking about light, change, children, and students, perhaps together they’ll move us in a positive global direction… I have two poems and a bit of music to accompany my pondering thoughts… A … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Changes " by David Bowie, #climatestrike, #David Bowie, Action, animals, Carol's Corner, Children, Dreams, earth, environment, family, friends, Global Climate Change, Golden Shovel Poem, Happy New Year, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, spirit, Students, sun, thoughts, travel, Truth, Waiting, WHO'S LEADING CLIMATE CHANGE…, wings, Women, Writing | 9 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 1968 Tale of School Turmoil, Action, animals, Art, books, classes, earth, Emma Reynolds, environment, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Protests, reflections, spirit, stories, Students, sun, teaching, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 11 Comments

#PoetryFriday–#Inktober, ornaments & new card

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a few poems and quick sketches from the past week for #Inktober2019. The one above has turned into a holiday card (and will be posted soon in my Etsy Shop) with this haiku on … Continue reading →