Tag Archives: Ponder

Poetry Friday-Beginnings…

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Rosh Hashanah Card & Twister Poems

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know where the summer escaped too… I’m never really ready to let go of summer, even though I love fall. Summer feels fanciful, whimsical, and magical to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Aurora Borealis, Chicago's tornado, earth, fall, family, Harvest, Holidays, Humanity, Jewish New Year, life, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, Molly Hogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Cards, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, thoughts, travel, Twister, Waiting, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poem Swap

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m celebrating summer with my Summer 2020 Poem Swap sent to me by Rebecca Herzog. I was delighted to receive this lovely, feel good poem and watercolor celebrating summer and sparkles–this helped me to remember it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #kidlitillustration, #PoetryFriday, #SummerPoemSwap, Art, celebrate, Children, Children's Illustration, Dreams Corine Bailey Ray, earth, environment, Fairies, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Humanity, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, Sparkles, spirit, stars, stories, Students, summer, sun, Tabatha Yeatts, travel | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday-Summer Etheree’s

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m having a summer play-day with this etheree poetry prompt given to us by the Poetry Princesses/Poetry Sisters. Laura Purdie Salas, one of the Poetry Sisters suggested using #poetrypals as a hashtag. I took a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Art, Catherine Flynn, Children's Illustration, contour lines, earth, environment, Etheree, fish, friends, Kidlit, Laura Purdie Salas, leaves, life, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Poetry Princesses, Poetry prompt, Poetry Sisters, Ponder, reflections, stories, summer, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Waiting, wings, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–John Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poetry Mix & Flowers

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hollyhocks, dance in my dreams and multiply… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I am thinking about the fall, schools beginning, and people returning to on location jobs. My first thoughts are, we’re not ready. Hence this tanka poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged "See all colors fairly", #PoetryFriday, Anticipation, Art, Bookseedstudio, dance, Dreams, earth, environment, family, FLOAT, Flowers, friends, Hollyhocks, Humanity, Indigenous rights, Jan G Annino, life, Michelle Kogan, Outcomes, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, travel, Waiting, Writing | 11 Comments

#Poetry Friday–James Baldwin

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. Quote by James Baldwin I’ve been reading James Baldwin and my post comes from my thoughts circling around … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Staggerlee wonders", #PoetryFriday, books, change, family, Freedom, friends, Humanity, ignorance, James Baldwin, Justice, life, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, stories, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–RETHINKING THE 4th

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was in a quandary about this post as we approach the 4th of July weekend and its celebrations. My views on July 4th as independence day have changed. If we are as a country, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Home, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 4th of July, Action, Art, Claudia Rankine, family, Freedom, friends, Golden Shovel Poem, Humanity, Jericho Brown, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, stories, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday– SOUNDS OF SUSURRUS… and Giraffes

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Giraffe in Summer, © 2009 Michelle Kogan, pen and ink. Happy Poetry Friday! and Happy Summer! At the beginning of June Laura Purdie Salas, who is a poet, author, and member of a group of Poets known as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, Giraffes, Humanity, Karen Eastlund, Karen's Got a Blog, Laura Purdie Salas, life, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Poetry Sisters, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Susurrus, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 20 Comments

Poetry Friday–Father’s Day and Change

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday Happy Father’s Day to all Dad’s out there, and in our memories… And for June 19th, Juneteenth Sign a petition Visit nextgen america and sign their petition to have Juneteenth, “Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Fourth of … Continue reading →