Tag Archives: Students

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–John Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Celebrating Nikki Grimes!

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to be part of the Poetry Friday celebration of awarding winning author, poet, and artist Nikki Grimes! I’ve read a handful of Nikki’s 75 + books and have many more waiting for me. What comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Between the Lines, books, Celebration, change, Children, Covid19, Dreams, family, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, life, Live Your Poem, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards A Memoir, poems, Poets, Ponder, Reading, Recovery, reflections, roses, Southwest Sunrise, Sree Sreenivasan, stories, Students, Systemic Racism, Thanks, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, video, Waiting, watercolors, wings, Women, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday: LIFE’S BREATH

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from reflecting on this past week. I chose to try an “In One Word” poetry form, that was introduced to us two weeks ago by April Halperin Wayland at her blog Teaching Authors. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged "In One Word", #PoetryFriday, Anger, April Halperin Wayland, breath, Breathe, earth, family, friends, Hate, hearts, Hope, Humanity, Justice, life, Linda Baie, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Passion, poems, poetry, Ponder, Prejudice, reflections, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Women & Spring leaves art activity

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

wash your thoughts in spring’s greens, while remembering we are one of many… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum had an interesting post on lichens and leaves and they talked about the naturalist … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged "An American Sunrise", "Pandemic Prayer", #PoetryFriday, Academy of American Poets, Art, Art Activity, Elizabeth Emerson Atwater, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Kogan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rubbed leaves, Students, Tabatha Yeatts, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Thanks, thoughts, Truth | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Fish & thoughts of our time

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I am fishy sitting for my college daughter’s fish while she is in NYC doing two internships with two different fashion companies this semester. Hence I’ve been spending time with her Betta fish Frida, and getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, Betta Fish, Chaos, Day Dreaming, Dreams, environment, family, fish, Fish Sitting, flying, Humanity, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, music, MUSIC’S ELIXIR, pets, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Students, thoughts, travel, video, Writing | 23 Comments

Poetry Friday–New Year, New Light, New Activism…

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to 2020… I’ve been thinking about light, change, children, and students, perhaps together they’ll move us in a positive global direction… I have two poems and a bit of music to accompany my pondering thoughts… A … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Changes " by David Bowie, #climatestrike, #David Bowie, Action, animals, Carol's Corner, Children, Dreams, earth, environment, family, friends, Global Climate Change, Golden Shovel Poem, Happy New Year, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, spirit, Students, sun, thoughts, travel, Truth, Waiting, WHO'S LEADING CLIMATE CHANGE…, wings, Women, Writing | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here–2020

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday–The Roundup is Here! With this last Poetry Friday post I’m ushering out 2019 and opening my arms and heart wide for 2020 and positive change for our earth’s climate! Here’s my wakeup call poem: 2020 RAISE YOUR … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Women's March 2020, 2020, Action, animals, Art, Chicago Women's March 2020, Children, Climate Strike, Dreams, earth, environment, family, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, New decade, nonet, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday Roundup, Ponder, Raise your voices, reflections, Save the Earth, spirit, stories, Students, sun, thoughts, Truth, Women, Writing | 36 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 1968 Tale of School Turmoil, Action, animals, Art, books, classes, earth, Emma Reynolds, environment, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Protests, reflections, spirit, stories, Students, sun, teaching, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Youth Climate Strike

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m joining the #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, tomorrow, Friday 9-20-2019. Here’s my poster that has a poem I wrote for the march and rally. GOOD CLIMATE Trees and bees, Monarchs and seas Children’s needs Need: Good climate Good … Continue reading →