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Tag Archives: Robin
Poetry Friday-May Earthiness…
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a wee short post, as I’m still helping my mom pack, 6 days left before the move… robin, catbirdearth tilled joy— poke, prod—um, yumgarden solace pride. ©2023 Michelle Kogan, draft Janice Scully at her … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Nature, #Naturelover, #Poetry Friday, Catbird, gardens, Janice Scully, May 2023, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, Pride, reflections, Robin, Salt City Verse, Solace, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Dream Haiku & Holiday Cards
Happy Poetry Friday! I have a haiku to share from Margaret Simon’s post this week for This Photo Wants to be a Poem, thanks Margaret for the prompt! You can take a peek at the image by following the link, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, birds, Catherine Flynn, Christmas, Dreams, Hanukkah, Hawthorn Berries, heart, Holiday Gift Cards, Holidays, Hydrangea, Joy, love, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Moonbeam, peace, Robin, snow, snowflakes, Snowperson, winter
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Poetry Friday–Dansa Poem & New Holiday Card
Garden of the Phoenix, Hyde Park, © 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m giving Fall a farewell goodby hug as our temps drop over the next few days into the 30’s and then 20’s… My image is from the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Garden of the Phoenix", "Nature's golden ripples rise above political mayhem", "Robin Hydrangea and Hawthorne Berries", Art, artist, Buffy Silverman, Dansa Poem, Etsy Shop, fall, Flowers, gardens, Holiday Cards, Kintsugi, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Poet, Robin, Solace, Urban Gardens, Watercolor, Writer
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Poetry Friday–#NPM 2021: Spring
Happy Poetry Friday and National Poetry Month! Spring plants are emerging, and I’m waiting on my backyard milkweed to push-on-through the soil… And then monarchs come. This week I’m celebrating with Spring poems that I’ve been writing for NPM. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #National Poetry Month 2021, #PoetryFriday, #Tabatha Yeatts, "Spring's Launch", artist, birds, crocus, daffodil, En Plen Air, Junco, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Oil Painting, Painting, Pollinate, Robin, Soul Blossom Living, Susan Bruck, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Writer
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#NaPoWriMo Day 24 Poem in 3 Acts and watercolor,
NATURE Act I: Elusive Spring stretches, awakes. She offers another sunless day. Cheerily, cherup, cherup, Robin sings. Act II: Afternoon brings fresh perspectives. Sun moves through leaving us breathless for more. Act III: Late afternoon, bees dance across dandelions. Violas … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, bees, birds, earth, elusive spring, environment, fresh perspectives, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, Poem in 3 acts, poetry, reflections, Robin, spring, sun, sunless, Violas, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 21 haiku and sketch
noon spring pruning, catch me if you can– fleeting moments © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, birds, Children, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, poem, poems, poetry, pruning, Robin, sketch, sparrow, spring, Writing
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Haiku and sketch for day 20 of #NaPoWriMo
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, birds, haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, poem, rain, Robin, spring, worms, writing
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Early morning robin haiku and sketch
robin soaring high white-tipped wings below my nose on may’s sun drenched walk For my sister, Many Happy Returns of the Day!
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, haiku, Michelle Kogan, poem, quick sketch, Robin, Sketching, soaring, writing
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2012 Spring Blooms in Rogers Park Neighborhood of Chicago & Nature Haiku
Here are some images from my garden and around the neighborhood from our unusually warm Chicago spring! And, a Haiku from one of my morning walks… raining pink petals talk fuchsia regal orange quarreling robins
Posted in Haiku, Nature photos, Writing
Tagged chicago, haiku, Helleborus, magnolia, nature, poem, Robin, rogers park, spring, Tulips, weather, writing
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