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Tag Archives: Poetry Friday
Poetry Friday–Passover & Poet Adah Isaacs Menken
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy National Poetry Month! Happy Passover! I gave myself a tall order in this short poem… to spin out the Passover story in a short etheree. PASSOVER PRAYER-STORY Green grows out of earth, thoughts ponder rebirth, renewal. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #AuthorsTakeAction2023, #ClimatePoemProject, #National Poetry Month 2023, #Passover 2023, Adah Isaacs Menken, artist, Etheree, Gratitude, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Passover Story, Pen and Ink, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Refflection, Reflections on the teche, sketchbooks
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Poetry Friday-Spring Gardens & Poems by Women
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Spring! It’s still cold here in Chicago, but hey the helleborus is starting to bloom and every once in a while the sun shines and warms us inside, so I’m sending my appreciations to Mother … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Anne Bradstreet, Art, artist, gardens, Helleborus, March, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, Poems by Women, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Regan Good, Rose Cappelli, Sarah Audsley, spring, Triolet, Watercolor Painting, WIP, Women's History Month, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Ekphrastic Challenge
Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks again Poetry Sisters, Laura, Tanita, Mary Lee, Liz, Kelly, Tricia, Sara, and Andi for your prompt this month to write an ekphrastic poem. Find more of these poems tagged with #PoetryPals. My poem also comes from a prompt by Carol Varsalona who provided us … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #poetrypals, Art, Dazzling light, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Khruangbin Ekphrastic poem, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Painting, Pantoum, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Poetry Sisters, reflections, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Sparrowing and Reflections…
rooftop sparrowing in february sketch me if you can… © 2023 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! The sparrows have been singing to me in the morning, maybe they know spring is coming… Or maybe they just want me to do … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "Sparrowing", birds, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Sketching, sparrows, Turkey Syria Earthquake 2023, Writing
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Poetry Friday-Beginnings…
Happy Poetry Friday Sneaking in a post in between my morning and evening classes today, another short and sweet, with a cherita poem and WIP artwork.Looking forward to rejoining all in a much less abbreviated version next week… Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, beginnings, Cherita poem, Chicken spaghetti, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, Susan Thomsen, teaching, Veronica flower, WIP, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem Prompt in Blue
Happy Poetry Friday! I don’t know how it’s the 4th week in October, but here we are…We in the U.S. have an Election coming up, and I’m pouring out B-L-U-E from everywhere. Including the poem prompt from the Poetry Sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober 2022 Inktober, #poetrypals, "BLUE WINDS", Art, Dansa, Election 2022, environment, Hope, Jone Rush Macculloch, Michelle Kogan, nature, October, Painting, poem, poems, Poetry Friday, reflections, Vote Blue, VOTE!, Watercolor
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Poetry Friday–September & Ladybugs…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m looking for that breath, that break, pause, between summer and fall… I haven’t found it yet, but I like September’s changes reminding me to keep on looking. evening sky grows a wee bit darker each day, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged Art, artist, autumn, Carol Varsalona, Evening sky, Ladybugs, Michelle Kogan, moon, nature, Painting, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Rescue, September, September Moon, Writer
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Poetry Friday–Roundup Is Here! Dads Day
Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Dad’s Day! & Happy Summer! The Poetry Friday Roundup is here! Please add your posts to Mister Linky below… I’m looking forward to getting around and reading all of your poetry posts throughout the weekend. Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup is here!, Anne Frank, archival prints, Art, Banjos, Bookmarks, Dads, Dads and daughters, Daughters, Father's Day, Flowers, Giclee Prints, INTERTWINING CONNECTIONS, Journals, Michelle Kogan, music, Painting, Phillis Levin, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, sketchbooks, sky, summer, The Banjo Bands of Malawi, water, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Window Bays
Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve had a week off between my Spring and Summer Teaching. So, morning Light and I played with words, and momentarily camouflaged the ever present din that seems to wrap around us… I woke with a poem … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged artist, backyard gardens, bees, Berries, birds, Birdsongs, Birthday Cards, Buffy Silverman, Carol Varsalona, Etsy Shop, Fairies, haiku, June Berries Bee & Fairy B-Day Card, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Oil Painting, Plein Air, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spring, strawberries, summer, teaching, Window Bays, WIP
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Poetry Friday–Nature Poems, Dad’s Day Card & Summer Art Classes
Happy Poetry Friday! Come on in and sit for a spell, kick back and soak in some traces of summer, some poetry and art… beach walk blooms…prairie’s dainty petals dancein nature kissed winds. brunch by the shore—wind, wave, wings, wonder,all … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged artist, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Evanston Art Center, Father's Day, Father's Day Cards, Figure and Nature Drawing and Painting, Haiku, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Michelle's Art Classes, Pen & Ink, Pen & Ink & Watercolor, poem, poems, Poet, Poetry Friday, reflections, Summer Art Classes, Tanka, Watercolor Classes, Writing
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