Tag Archives: Reflections on the teche

Poetry Friday–Passover & Poet Adah Isaacs Menken

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy National Poetry Month! Happy Passover! I gave myself a tall order in this short poem… to spin out the Passover story in a short etheree. PASSOVER PRAYER-STORY Green grows out of earth, thoughts ponder rebirth, renewal. Though … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #AuthorsTakeAction2023, #ClimatePoemProject, #National Poetry Month 2023, #Passover 2023, Adah Isaacs Menken, artist, Etheree, Gratitude, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Passover Story, Pen and Ink, Poet, poetry, Poetry Friday, Refflection, Reflections on the teche, sketchbooks | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–THINK BLUE-VOTE BLUE

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m thinking and channeling blue… And today I’m sharing a poem from Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon’s blog post of yesterday for, This Photo Wants to be a Poem. It was a photo from a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, artist, Bridget Magee, Gouache, March, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poems, Poet, poetry, reflections, Reflections on the teche, Vote, Vote Blue, wee words for wee ones, Writing | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday–Holiday Lights & “This Photo Wants to be…”

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hanukkah lights spreadglowing warmth, like familyleaning in for hugs © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a couple short poems today as I’m busy preparing for a Holiday Show, the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Annual Winter Arts … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday–Cycling & Breath

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem below was inspired by Margaret Simon’s blog post yesterday for, THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM, on her blog Reflections on the Teche. I substituted a bicycle photo of my own, so do drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "Cycling Memories", "World Balance", breath, Christie Wyman, Covid Delta Variant, Diamante, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, moon, Painting, Perseid Meteor Shower, Poem Poetry, Reflections on the teche, Sorrow, sunflowers, Watercolor, Wildfires, Wondering and Wandering | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday—Poem Swap—Whimsy & Water…

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to share with you my joy filled poetry swap package that I received fromMargaret Simon! Margaret sent me a collaged writing journal infused with summeryness! Margaret’s poem borrowed words from a recent poem of mine … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Alstroemeria, #Hummingbird wings, #Nature, #Naturelover, #painting, #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap, #watercolor, #WIlly-nilly, Chicago's plummeting and rising water crisis, dragonfly, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Reflections on the teche, Tabatha Yeatts, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Water and Climate Crisis | 14 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky Pleasures

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Earlier this week I read i love you to the moon &, by Chen Chen, and it flew me away to another place… i love you to the moon &by Chen Chen not back, let’s not come … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, artist, Chen Chen, Coldplay, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poetry, Reflections on the teche, sky, sky gazing, Sky poems, Watercolor, Writer | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Robins for Earth Day 2021

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

robin dreams of catalpa canopies, summer’s secret solace © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Earth Day with thoughts about how we can help our friend Robin. The counts of Robins are down in the cities, mainly due … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #Earth Day 2021, #NPM2021, #PoetryFriday, #Progressive Poem 2019, American Robin, birds, Catherine Flynn, City Birds, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Protecting Robin's, Reflections on the teche, Soul Blossom Living, Susan Bruck | 12 Comments

#NaPoWriMo Day 4– Morning Bunny

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

Taking a brake from my bird focus to bring you this lovely cottontail I saw on my walk this morning, still had part of his/her winter coat on too… OH BUNNY Oh bunny hiding between Spring greens, you’re no bird, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020, animals, Art, Bunny, cottontail, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, Jam Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, reflections, Reflections on the teche, spring, stories, Walks, Writing | 3 Comments

Poetry Friday Seagull, Beach, & Water …

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

As the summer seems to be slipping away, I’m sharing poems of seagulls, beaches, and water for Poetry Friday. I finally spent a few hours at the lake this week intending on sketching, but visited with my friend more. A … Continue reading →