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#NaPoWriMo day 19 haiku and sketch
soaking up midday sun, violets admire city folks… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so far: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, city, earth, environment, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, sketchbook, sun, violets, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 17 haiku and WIP watercolor
transfixed by indoor tulips, sparrow waits patiently… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so far: Poem one– … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, chicago weather, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems, poetry, sparrow, spring, Tulips, watercolors
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#NaPoWriMo Day 15-found poem
BIRDS’ PERSPECTIVE In a courtyard of Mexico, were wilson’s warblers– Yellow-bellied, black-capped hopping pathways, pausing to eat a bug. I wander in the courtyard paying attention to townsends and audubon warblers, knock-knock of a woodpecker overhead, robins, house finches, canyon … Continue reading
#NaPoWriMo day 14 haiku and sketch
indoor tulips stand gallantly, waiting, waiting … for midwest to warm. © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, Art, Chicago Spring, Cold Spring, drawing, environment, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Writing Month 2018, pen sketch, poem, poetry, thoughts, Tulips, Waiting, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 12 #haiku and #sketch
star narcissus nodding approval finally spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem two–Haiku Azaleas Poem three–ODE TO SHUN LEE Poem four–Haiku Daffodils Poem five–APRIL’S MYSTERIES Poem six–APRIL’S BUDS … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, earth, environment, finally Spring, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Narcissus, pen sketch, Plein Air, poem, poetry, spring flowers, sun, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 10 #skinnypoem and #sketch
ANIMAL TRACKS Animals hunting for spring looking for forest tracks underneath snow, forest floors changing, waking forest hunting for animals looking for Spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, Animal Tracks, Art, environment, forest, forest floor, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, National Poetry Writing Month 2018, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, spring, tracks, Waiting
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#NaPoWriMo day 8
CHANGES IN NATURE I watched her grow for three seasons, munching away mostly in safe areas– Occasionally I had to run her out. When winter set in I saw her hunkering down. If I gave her space, there she’d sit … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Changes, cotton tale, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, reflections, thoughts, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 7–Tanka & Ladybug
From a poem prompt David Harrison gave us at Renee LaTulippe’s blog No Water River. A LOVELY BEETLE Can you guess my name? “You’re lovely ladybug!” Yes, but I’m really a beetle, called ladybird, and sometimes lady beetle. Say, Coccinellidae, … Continue reading
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Tagged #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, Beetle, ladybug, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, Tanka, Watercolor, wings
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Poetry Friday-#NaPoWriMo day 5 Tanka & Painting
Happy Poetry Friday, and National Poetry Month. I’ve had such a rich week perusing Jama Rattigan’s blog Jama’s Alphabet Soup and her postings of the many poets featuring poems this month! I’ve been following the Progressive Poem that Irene Latham … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #National Poetry Month, April, Art, books, buds, environment, Humanity, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, Painting, poems, poetry, spring, Tanka, Writing
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