Tag Archives: Rebecca Herzog

Poetry Friday – Summer Poem Swap & Villanelle Prompt

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m happy to share my Gorgeous Summer Poetry Swap art and poem written and painted by Iphigene Daradar in the Philippines. I received my poetry swap from Iphigene last week via email, and serendipitously I sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap 2021, #Villanelle, "Free As A Bird" The Beetles, Acrylic, Art, birds, Children, Clark's Nutcracker, haiku, Laura Purdie Salas, Learning, Mary Iphigene Daradar, Memory, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Rebecca Herzog, Tabatha Yeatts, Tanita S. Davis, Tree Roots, trees | 12 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–Migratory Birds & Songs…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This weekend we move into Day Light Savings time in the midwest, and welcome more hours of evening light. We are also welcoming all the spring migratory birds, some that stay till fall, and some that visit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Birds of Passage", "Carnival of the Animals, #PoetryFriday, American Redstart, animals, Art, bird songs, environment, family, Flowers, friends, Henry wadsworth Longfellow, Humanity, Hyacinths, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, Migratory birds, music, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, spirit, video, wings, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday:Winter Poem Swap

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

Happy Poetry Friday! Look at all these beautiful poetry postcards I received, each one a small treasure in words and image! They’ve brought me a sense of comfort, calm, and admiration–with a bit of fun edginess from Rebecca’s. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, books, Catherine Wallian Flynn, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, Jone Rush Macculloch, Kay McGriff, KimberlyHutmacher, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, New Years, Nonet poem, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, stories, Thanks, Truth, Waiting, Winter 2020 Poetry Postcard Swap, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Holiday EXPO 2019 & Ginger Spice

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some sweetness and spice in poetry and images this week for my post. My images are from The 2019 Winter Art & Crafts EXPO at the Evanston Art Center open now through December 21, 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, books, earth, environment, family, Freedom, Ginger Spice, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, Sloth Reads, spirit, stories, thoughts, Truth, Waiting | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m Happy to share my Summer Poem Swap that very recently arrived from Rebecca Herzog. While working on a poem for me, Rebecca researched insects from my area. She came up with the very ancient pondhawk dragonfly. … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap, Art, dragonfly, environment, flora, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, stories, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Time Traveler, travel, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, Writing | 18 Comments

#PoetryFriday–#SPRING!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’m Celebrating Spring and spreading around thoughts to encourage all our plants to come up out of the ground! SPRINT TO SPRING Dandelion dancing to rags of Scott Joplin’s “Gladiola’s” in my Kick-up Cartwheel sprint to SPRING! … Continue reading →