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Tag Archives: #reflections
Poetry Friday– Moon & Weather Pause…
all knowing moonhelp us mend our ways—guide uscrescent orb © 2026 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! Wow, wow, wow, it keeps on coming, but in the midst of the world feeling like it may be on the brink of collapse, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #Cause, #centering, #ChicagoPoet, #haiku, #MichelleKogan, #Moon, #Music, #Nature, #Pause, #poems, #PoetryFriday, #reflections
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Poetry Friday– Poem Notebook Surfing & Hellebores
rosey helleboressoothe US daily terrors,compassion amiss © 2026 Michelle Kogan, draft My haiku reflects on the shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Happy Poetry Friday! I did some notebook surfing to complete my poem below, TOGETHER. I often have poems in … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #art exhibit, #artist, #compassion, #haiku, #Hellebores, #MichelleKogan, #Nature, #naturelovers, #OLW, #Pause, #poet, #Poetry, #PoetryFriday, #reflections, #RuthBowenHersey, #together, #Writer, #Zeno
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Poetry Friday– Roundup with Peace & Light is Here!
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, I’m hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup, and hoping to spread a bit of calm, yearning for connection, light, and Peace! I recently visited the Yoko Ono exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art here in Chicago. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #ChicagoArtist, #ChicagoPoet, #Cometogether, #Dream, #Hanukkah, #Jointogether, #MCA, #MichelleKogan, #Paintings, #Peace, #Penandink, #Poetry, #PoetryFridayRoundup, #reflections, #Stars, #watercolor, #Wintersolstice, #YokoOnoExhibit
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Poetry Friday—”Poem to Remind Myself of…”
I’m joining Susan Thomsen in her poem prompt this week, where we are writing from Donika Kelly’s poem, “Poem to Remind Myself of the” Natural Order of Things”as a mentor poem. However I took some liberties with another area, which … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #Carol Labuzzetta, #Chicago, #ICE, #Justice, #Mentorpoems, #Nature, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #reflections, #Susan Thomsen, #Whistles, #Writer, MichelleKogan
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Poetry Friday–Time
Coming in with a short poem, reflecting on elusive time… Talented poet and author Laura Purdie Salas, at her blog is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup, thanks Laura! She shared that her new book, Flurry, Float, and Fly! is … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #artist, #Chicago, #MichelleKogan, #Nature, #Naturelover, #Pause, #Play, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #reflections, #Time, #Writer
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Poetry Friday—Burning Haibun: Birds
Happy Poetry Friday! I took a break this week from the political mayhem din, and attempted to write a Burning Haibun poem. The prompt for this came from the Poetry Sisters for their October challenge. And this was quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature
Tagged #artist, #Birds, #BurningHaibun, #Chicago, #ChicagoArtist, #compassion, #crows, #Drawing, #EndangeredBirds, #feathers, #helpbirds, #helpearth, #helphumanity, #Humanity, #Inktober2025, #memory, #MichelleKogan, #Nature, #naturelovers, #painting, #Penandink, #poem, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, #reflections, #songbirds, #wings, #Writer, Jone Rush Macculloch
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 