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Tag Archives: #Poetry Friday
Poetry Friday–Hanukkah light, Solstice & Ukraine
Happy Poetry Friday! dance hanukkah flames spread light and freedom, fill hearts with joy and hope! © Michelle Kogan Here’s a short solstice haiku, welcoming winter and more light each day… solstice soirée breathe… live… love…laugh, and help someone. © … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #Hanukkah, #Hanukkah 2022, #Poetry Friday, "WE LIVED HAPPILY DURING THE WAR", Art, Freedom, GoFundMe, Hanukkah Card, Ilya Kaminsky, Joy and hope, light, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poets of Odesa, reflections, Rob Lipton, Ukraine, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Seeds/Bulbs & New Watercolor Sketchbook…
serene seed angels spread wings and ride wind’s whirls, while winter tucks them tight. © 2022 Michelle Kogan draft Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been busy trying out the 4 x 4 poem form, ever since I saw Tanita Davis’ post … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, December, earth, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, MIlkweed, Milkweed seeds, Muscari Bulbs, November, Pocket Watercolor Sketchbook, Seed angels, Sugar Plum Fairy Glass Duo, Winter Bulbs, Winter Seeds
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Poetry Friday–Recipe Poem Challenge
Happy Poetry Friday! Again the month has escaped me… My poem is from the Poetry Sister’s November challenge: to write a recipe poem, I’m hoping mine fits the menu, perhaps with a few substitutions… Thanks for the challenge Laura, Tanita, … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Home, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, #Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Sisters, Recipes, reflections, Ruth Hersey, Thankfulness, There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Writing
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Poetry Friday–THINK BLUE-VOTE BLUE
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m thinking and channeling blue… And today I’m sharing a poem from Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon’s blog post of yesterday for, This Photo Wants to be a Poem. It was a photo from a former … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, artist, Bridget Magee, Gouache, March, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Vote, Vote Blue, wee words for wee ones, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Hummingbird
Happy Poetry Friday! I caught a few moments of a lovely female ruby-throated hummingbird while painting outside last week… Ruby-throated hummingbird hovers by my sidewith windmill-wingsand inquisitive eyes, eyes that gaze into minewithout a wink, in steady linetill body side-juts … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, care, Emily Dickinson, gardens, Michelle Kogan, nature, Observe, Plein Air, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Ruby-throated hummingbird, September, Slow down, Writing
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Poetry Friday–”The BOP” Milkweed, & Summer Poem Swap
Happy Poetry Friday! My poem this week is from the Poetry Sister’s August Challenge, which was to write a poem with the poem form: The Bop. You can mosey on over here to view the basic structure for this poem … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, Aphids, Ikebana on Halsted, Imperfect II poems about perspective: an anthology for middle schoolers, Jone Rush Macculloch, Margot Wang, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, Oleander Aphids, Perseverance, poem, poems, Poetry Sisters, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts, Tanita S. Davis, The Bop, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Haikus, Stars, & Poem Walks…
Star-sparkle For Linda Mitchell august morning star stirs hope and wonder, spread her sparkle… © Michelle Kogan Can’t help thinking about Linda Mitchell when I see my morning glories with their beautiful star pattern… Happy Poetry Friday! Busy week, so … Continue reading
Poetry Friday–Nature…
Happy Poetry Friday! Margaret Simon shared an intriguing image from the Salish Sea this week for her THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM post. I was so taken by the name Salish Sea, I had to look it up … Continue reading
Poetry Friday–Summer Garden Treasures, and more “Things We Feel”
Happy Poetry Friday! This week I’m sharing some treasures from my backyard garden… ZUCCHINI ODE(To A Favorite Vegie!) Zucchini how’d you grow like that? Curving like a crescent moon. Maybe you came from up above from a seed dropped by … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, "Things We Feel", Art, backyard gardens, haiku, Janet Wong, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Pomelo Books, reflections, Sylvia Vardell, Writing, Zucchini
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