Tag Archives: Poetry Foundation

Poetry Friday—Calm & Watercolor

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to have a watercolor painting in the Illinois Watercolor Society: 22nd Annual Members Show, I included my painting above. This year for the first time it’s being held at the Evanston Art Center, where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #art, #Illinois Watercolor Society:22nd Annual Members Show, #painting, #Poetry, #Poetry Friday, #Sandpiper, #watercolor, #WorldWatercolorGroup, Bhanu Kapil, breath, Breathe slowly, Exhibit, Kathryn Apel, Krishan Mistry, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Workshop | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday—Poetry & More…

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Women’s History Month! In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m sharing a golden shovel poem built from Margarita Engle’s prose piece, The Care and Feeding of Poetry, that’s featured in this months Poetry Foundation’s, Poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry, #PoetryFriday, #Spring Sprouts, #Women's History Month, buds, Bunnies, Easter Cards, eggs, Flowers, gardens, Kathryn Apel, Margarita Engle, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Passover Cards, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Pollinate, spring, Tulips | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poetry Reading & daily poems

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a little left over summertime before we dive into winter, in celebration of last weeks election results and a Poetry Reading that’s coming up next week. Next Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm, CST I … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #haikus, #painting, #PoetryFriday, #WIP, Daily Poems, Evanston Art Center Winter Art EXPO 2020, Laura Purdie Salas, Maggie Queeney, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Reading, Robyn Hood Black, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem | 15 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Origin Poem WIP

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing my first Origin poem. It came out of a poetry workshop I was at a few weeks ago at the Poetry Foundation, here in Chicago. The workshop was on research and how poets incorporate … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Origin Poem Story Beginnings", Art, books, earth, family, friends, Grandfather, Hanukkah, Humanity, Liz Steinglass, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Poetry Foundation, reflections, Russia, sun, thoughts, travel, Ukraine, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–A Villanelle:HUMANITY

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

September Morning Glories, watercolor and watercolor pencil, © 2017 Michelle Kogan I have been lost in the sea of events unfolding in the U.S.A. and around the world. The times seem ever so precarious. I’ve taken to my pen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #Villanelle, Academy of American Poets, Elizabeth Bishop, Humanity, Matt Forest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, ONE ART, Painting, poems, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Friday, Watercolor, Writing | 23 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poems form poems

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m sharing two beautiful poems I received last week from Tabatha Yeatts, for the Summer Poetry Sway. Tabatha shared with me May Sarton’s poem, The Work of Happiness. She then wrote Fellowship, an ekphrastic golden shovel using the painting I did … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Writing | Tagged "Pollen", "The Work of Happiness", #PoetryFriday, #SummerPoetrySwap, Blessings, Ekphrastic Poem, Fellowship, gardens, Golden Shovel Poem, Happiness, May Sarton, Michelle Kogan, Naomi Shihab Nye, Painting, Poetry Foundation, Tabatha Yeatts, Turn Inward and Grow Blessings | 29 Comments

Poetry Friday and Fairies

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

JUNE FAIRIES June Fairies full of Sprite, never ever full of fright. Summer solstice very near, spinning magic that’s sincere. Heavy skies fade away, when the fairies come and play. Catch their view if you can, fireflies flicker out their … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged Art, Fairies, Irises, June Fairies, Mchelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Friday, Rose Fyleman, spirit, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing | 31 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poems/Marching for Truth

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m participating in Chicago’s TRUTH March this Saturday, and my thoughts have been filled with questions about Truth. Hence I’m sharing poems about Truth, and the front of my eco poster (back not done yet . . . ). The second poem … Continue reading →