Tag Archives: Poetry Friday

Poetry Friday–Swifts

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday!Happy October, #Birdtober, & #Inktober! Alas, so many opportunities to fill October with… Inking and painting and writing poems about birds…Catching a few glimpses of our migrating feathered friends.I’m looking forward to fitting in a few on Poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Birdtober, #inktober, #kidlit artist, #kidlitart, #Kidlitpoem, Art, birds, Catherine Flynn, Chimney Swifts, Michelle Kogan, Migrating birds, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Reading to the Core, reflections, Watercolor, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday— Bird’s Feeding–Native Chicagoan’s…

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Last week the new named Poetry Group, the Inklings, including Margaret Simon, Catherine Flynn, Linda Mitchell, Heidi Mordhorst, Molly Hogan, and Mary Lee Hahn, challenged themselves to write ghazal’s for their monthly prompt. Well, I’ve written at … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged Backyard birds, birds, Birds eating Sunflower seeds, Birds fall feeding, Black-capped Chickadee, Catherine Flynn, fall, Ghazal, Goldfinch, Heidi Mordhorst, Inklings, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Native Chicago Birds, poem, poetry, Poetry Friday, sunflowers, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, White-breasted nuthatch | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Hanukkah

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HANUKKAH YOU’RE HERE… Hanukkah, your haloing glow creeps up on us each year… Sometimes early, sometimes late sometimes just right. You follow moon’s lunar calendar– But, most of us work-crazed creaturesfollow work-crazed Gregorian calendars. Here you are again early in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, "The Feast of Lights", archival prints, Buffy Silverman, Children, Children's Illustration, Dreidels, Emma LAzarus, Etsy Shop, Freedom, Hanukkah, Hanukkah Boy Card, Hanukkah You're Here", Latke's, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Oil Lamp Menorah, Painting, Poetry Friday, Rebekah, Rebekah Lowin, Watercolor | 11 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

Poetry Friday–Inktober & Halloween Cards

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a dual focus today… First I’m participating in #Inktober2019, and along with the ink drawing I’m writing short poems–mostly haikus. I’m also attempting this year to follow Jake Parker’s prompts, (the originator of Inktober … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, Art, earth, environment, friends, Halloween Cards, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, poems, Poetry Friday, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 16 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Trees…

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! We are celebrating Trees this week, from a call for tree themed poetry from fellow poet, lover of nature, and blogger Christie Wyman. Christie is also hosting this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup at her blog Wondering and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, Christie Wyman, earth, environment, family, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, Shape poem, spirit, stories, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, Watercolor, Women, Wondering and Wandering, Writing | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Heavy Heart

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My gosh what a week… My head has been in a whirl from the two mass shootings of last week in Ohio and Texas–My heart heavy, and frustration for change constant. Then we all heard of the passing of Toni … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Children, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Heavy Heart, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, Nix the comfort zone, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spirit, stories, Students, Waiting, wings, Women, Writing | 14 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Exhibit and Milkweed Poem

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to share with you my painting and Summer Milkweed poem that will be included in the exhibit: Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City Opening reception Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm running … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City", "SUMMER MILKWEED", Art, backyard gardens, bees, butterflies, Community Gardens, earth, environment, exhibits, family, Flowers, friends, Heidi Mordhorst, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, Museum of Surgical Science, nature, Oil Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, pollinating, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Truth, Waiting, Women | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Perseverance

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! When life catches me between too many due dates, I tend to retreat to painting even though another area may need more attention. The result in the long run seems to center and focus my thoughts. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Art, Carol Wilcox, Carol's Corner, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Perseverance, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, stories, Summer Sunflowers, sunflowers, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading →