Tag Archives: #Poetry Friday

Poetry Friday–Ukraine-family

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My heart is with the Brave Ukrainian people. I was hoping to share a Ukrainian poet, poetry, but work caught up with me, perhaps next Friday… My poem, a draft, comes from my ancestral connections with Ukraine … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Ancestors, family, Janet Wong, Kyiv, Michelle Kogan, Odessa, paintings, Pen and Ink, Poetry for Children, Reflection, Sylvia Vardell, Tug at heart, Ukraine, Unbreathable, War, War crimes, Watercolor | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Ukraine & Spring Cards

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! As many others I have also had Ukraine and the Ukrainian people on my mind this last week. This unfounded War is an attack on Democracy everywhere. I wanted to help in some way and researched various … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Compassion, Donate Ukraine, Easter Greeting Cards, Etsy, Etsy Shop, Help Ukraine, Kathryn Apel, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Passover Greeting Cards, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, save democracy, Ukraine, War Poems, Watercolor, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year Postcards!

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m thinking about Blue skies and warmer locals as I trudge through another cold, snowy, and icy Chicago winter. The arrival of all these New Year Postcards from poet friends is taking away some of the chill … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Appreciation, Art, Elisabeth Norton, Gail Aldous, Gratitude, Happiness, Janet Clare Fagal, Janice Scully, Jone Rush Macculloch, Linda Baie, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, New Year Postcard Exchange, Painting, poem, poetry, Postcards, reflections, Robyn Hood Black, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, Unexpected Intersections, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Found Poem-Eavesdropping prompt…

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem today is inspired by the poetry prompt offered to us by the Poetry Sisters. They challenged us to write a poem from eavesdropping on another conversation. We were provided with some wonderful examples, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Coexistence with animals, Coyote, Eavesdropping, Irene Latham, Live Your Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Writing | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–Birdtober–Inktober–Art Exhibit

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My feathered friend here, Fox Sparrow is helping me celebrate all things wonderful about Fall. One very special area, my father’s Birthday, October 13th. My dad passed five years ago shortly after his birthday and each year … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Birds, #Birdtober, #Fox Sparrow, #inktober, #Poetry Friday, #Red-necked Grebe, 10*10 Poetry Anthology:Celebrating 10 in 10 Different Ways, @aholmesartstudio, Art Exhibits, artists, Bad@ssery:Women Creating a Just Environment and World, Bridget Magee, drawing, Michelle Kogan, Mixed Media, Oakton Community College, Oakton's 2nd Virtual Women's Art Show, Pastel, Rachel Dohner, wee words for wee ones, Women's Virtual Art Exhibit | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Rondelet

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Last week I was taken with Alan J Wright’s Rondelet poem and decided to try one… Thanks Alan for your poem and structure for writing it! I was happy to welcome the structure of this succinct poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Apples and Wrens", Alan J Wright, Art, artist, autumn, breath, Changes, Denise Krebs, fall, Instructor, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pause, poem, poetry, reflections, Rondelet, Seasons, Shana Tovah, Watercolor, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday—Hang’n out with Pygmy Sloths & Change…

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HANG’N OUT WITH CHANGE… If we could be slow as sloths in mangrove trees, could we start thinking about you and we, and bring change for everybody… © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m all in with this friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, "I Know" Poems, artist, care, change, Compassion, Critically Endangered, Elisabeth Norton, Jane Yolen, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poetry, Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Hummingbird and Cucumbers…

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m immersed in my garden and its visitors. Enjoy the romp round my green-filled grounds… SUMMER GRATITUDE I missed hummingbird once, then twicewith my Oh! And off she flew… At 7:00ish as sun slackened, I sat waiting— … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, A(nother) Year of Reading, Baby Cuke, Backyard cucumbers, backyard gardens, Cucumber Vines, cucumbers, Gratitude, Growing, hummingbirds, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, nature, Reaching up, sky, summer, vegetable gardens, VInes | 19 Comments

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—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 →