Tag Archives: snow

Poetry Friday–Dream Haiku & Holiday Cards

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–”UNFORGIVABLE FEBRUARY”

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

Happy Poetry Friday Well I think my winter blahs decided to visit me early, they usually visit sometime in mid to late February but decided to creep up on me earlier this year… Hence my poem this week, UNFORGIVABLE FEBRUARY. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Theatre & Music, Writing | Tagged #Kidlit #kidlitoshpere, #PoetryFriday, 'Brave Irene", "Chicken Soup with Rice", Art, artist, books, Carole King, family, February blahs, Jone Rush Macculloch, love, Maurice Sendak, Michelle Kogan, music, poems, poetry, Poets, snow, songs, stories, William Steig, wintertime, Writing | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Snow, Birds, Valentine’s…

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

Happy Poetry Friday! Brrr, our temps are plummeting here in Chicago, but along with that we’ve received a lovely sprinkling of snow… windy, snowy, “brave irene” kinda day, with pine wiggling magic © 2020 Michelle Kogan I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Writing | Tagged Action, animals, Art, Audubon Society, Baird's Sandpiper, birds, chicago, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, earth, environment, family, Great Backyard Bird Count, Humanity, Linda Baie, Love Birds, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, sun, thoughts, threatened species, Truth, valentines day | 25 Comments

Last Nature Haiku for 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy New Years Eve! Here’s my last nature haiku post for 2019, I’ve been tagging my haikus this last month as #natember, and more of my poet friends have been tweeting with #haikuforkindness #haikuforjustice #haikuforhope including: Linda Baie, Jone MacCulloch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, 2020, Art, December, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, New Years, New Years Eve, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, winter, Women, Writing | 1 Comment

Poetry Friday–is it still fall?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I think it’s still fall, but I’m starting to wonder… We’ve been having some very cold snowy days here in Chicago, our windy city. But I’m holding on to fall till December and bringing you some fallish poems … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged #2019 Winter Arts and Crafts EXPO, #PoetryFriday, #Thanku haikus, earth, Evanston Art Center, fall, family, Greeting Cards, Humanity, ideas, Irene Latham, Leaf Collage, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, poems, poetry, Ponder, snow, stories, sun, Waiting, Writing | 15 Comments

# PoetryFriday– Halloween & Inktober

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m bidding farewell to #Inktober with this last October 31st post. And I guess temporarily to fall as today in Chicago we had winter–snow covered everything. I’m hoping ye old pumpkin came down and has put in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, #PoetryFriday, fall, ghosts, Michelle Kogan, milkweed pods, pumpkins, snow, Tabatha Yeatts, The Opposite of Indifference | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Groundhog & Paradise…

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Groundhog Day! The snow and cold is getting to be a bit much even for our friendly critter the groundhog. Last I heard he was ready to up and move his growing family to… … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "WHAT THE WATERS KNOW", #PoetryFriday, Birds of Paradise, cold, dream, groundhog, Groundhog Day, Michelle Kogan, nature, Paradise, Sam Hamill, snow, Tabatha Yeatts, winter | 19 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Haiga & Valentine Cards

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Coming in with a haiga poem, art, and–Shedding a little light and love with some of my Valentine’s Day Cards. Visit my Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art for more cards. Tara Smith at her blog Going … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged "I Say a Little Prayer", #PoetryFriday, Aretha Franklin, environment, family, friends, haiga, Haiku, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, music, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, stories, Valentine's Day Cards, valentines day, winter, Women, Wrting | 24 Comments

#NaPoWriMo day 9–poem and watercolor

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HURRY SPRING! Took a peek out my window, oh woe–Snow– It’s almost double digit April. I’m ignoring this unnatural coat of white carpeted ground. Come on daffodils do your stuff, move over white fluff. Sing stronger spring– I can’t hear … Continue reading →