Tag Archives: #PoetryFriday

Poetry Friday-Definito Poem Prompt

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a definito poem this week, from the Poetry Sister’s September poem prompt. Thanks Heidi Mordhorst for creating this form! And thanks to all the Poetry Sister’s for the prompt: Laura, Tanita, Mary Lee, Liz, Kelly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Color Spectrum, #Definito, #HUES, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Art, birds, fall, Gourdian FInch, Gourds, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, pumpkins, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Watercolor, Writing | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–Quick Fall Post…

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & Happy Fall Stopping in quickly to wish all a Happy Fall! It’s been a busy week and another ahead of me– Something new is brewing… I’ll fill you in on the why’s perhaps next week…But for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Tap Dancing on the Roof", Art, Jan Godown Annino, Korean Poem Form, Linda Sue Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Rose Cappelli, Sijo Poem, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday— Endings & Beginnings…

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Welcome September… BEGINNINGS & ENDINGS Endings and beginningsDoes nature have a beginningwhat about beauty…Can we get caught upin a field of fall flowerstall grasses intertwinedbees anxious for their last bit of summer nectar– Watch bee– As … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pencil Drawing, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Teacher Dance, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Firefly, Acrostic Maya Angelou, & New Pomelo book–THINGS WE FEEL

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hey firefly…you lift my night and sparklesfill me inside © Michelle Kogandraft HAPPY POETRY FRIDAY! This month the Poetry Sister’s challenge for the month of July was to write an acrostic poem taken from Maya Angelou’s poem STILL I RISE–the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, "NATURE’S SALVE", "Still I Rise", Fireflies, Janet Wong, Marcie Flinchum Atkins, Maya Angelou, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Sylvia Vardell, THINGS WE FEEL, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Covid, Cakewalk & Monarch’s Endangered…

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

This past week… I’ve been up to my elbows in soap, disinfecting anything in sight while trying to keep the cruel airborne Covid Virus from coming my way. My husband came down with Covid, I sure wouldn’t wish this on … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, A(nother) Year of Reading, butterflies, Cake-walk, Covid, empathy, family, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Monarch, Monarch Butterflies Endangered, National Geographic, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Saga, Watercolor Painting, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday-Humanity

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Thought I’d share some garden beauty this week… HUMANITY’S HYDRANGEA Let me lose myself in pom-pom pink profusions of nature’s woven four-floret tapestry, it’s contagious lopsided perfection of lavender, purple, and pink values leave me breathless— Yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "THE HURTING KING", Ada Limón, ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES, Elisabeth Norton, Humanity, Hydrangea, July, Lavender, Michelle Kogan, nature, nature photos, Pink perfection, PLASTIC FREE JULY, poems, purple, reflections, thoughts, Unexpected Intersections, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–NATURE PRAYER

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

It’s been a hard week,… I began with a few sentences on a cardboard scrap sometime before Sunday, PLANETARY PRAYER sitting on an apocalyptic-like precipicetime for introspective pauseand inclusive planetary new direction © 2022 Michelle Kogandraft I let it sit, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–Byr a thoddaid Prompt

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem is in response to the Poetry Sisters June prompt to write a byr a thoddaid–”a welsh form” poem. And yes it’s as much a mouthful to write as it is to pronounce, but well worth … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–NPM–Meadowlark

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Poetry Month! There are S-o-o-o-o many poetry opportunities to partake in, I wish I could skip sleeping this month and fill up on more of the poetry out there. Here’s a couple of places to wet … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–National Poetry Month & Whooping Cranes

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday & National Poetry Month! For National Poetry Month I’m continuing to work on a bird poetry book I started recently, and will share some of these poems. I’m hoping to share some art along with some of … Continue reading →