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#PoetryFriday–Vote & #Inktober
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m here with a mix of poetry and art to raise consciousness for the US Midterm Elections. My illustration accompanies my poem which was inspired by Calef Brown’s prompt on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes’ blog site Today’s Little … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Theatre & Music, Writing
Tagged #inktober, #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, books, Chicago Women's March 2018, earth, environment, family, Humanity, March to the Polls, Michelle Kogan, Midterm elections, poems, poetry, reflections, sun, thoughts, video, Vote, wings, Writing
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Poetry Friday-Poems and a Sale
Morning Glories on porch, © 2018 Michelle Kogan, Greeting Card, watercolor and watercolor pencil Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Summers End! Today I’m sharing a mix of this and that … to accompany this transitional time between end of summer … Continue reading
Posted in ACEO, Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Bookmarks, earth, Etsy Sale, Flowers, friends, Greeting Cards, Humanity, Journals, Labor Day Sale, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, nature, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, prints, reflections, sketchbooks, sun, thoughts, wings, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Bounty, Dreams, & Painting …
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some art and poems that were inspired by and begun while in Door County, WI. My first poem is a golden shovel that I built from Langston Hughes’ poem Dreams. DREAMS What shall we hold … … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Bounty Dreams Painting, Door County, environment, family, golden shovel, Humanity, lake Michigan, Langston Hughes, Michelle Kogan, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, sailboats, seaguls, spirit, sun, thoughts, travel, water, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Thoreau, Nature, & Poetry Swap
Wildlife Comes to Lake Shore Drive, endangered species, © 2013 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Available in my online Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art I read last week that today is Henry David Thoreau’s Birthday (I think from … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, books, Children, conservation, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Golden Shovel Poem, Henry David Thoreau, HuffPost, Humanity, Margaret Atwood, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Swap, Rachel Carson, Recovery, reflections, spirit, sun, Sylvia Vardell, thoughts
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Happy Summer Solstice 2018
SUMMER SOLSTICE Sunrays Unmask Multitudes– Marigolds Echinacea Rose of sharon Snapdragon Ox eye daisy Liatris spicata Sunflower Tiger lily Impoea Clarkia Et Al. © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged Acrostic Poem, Art, Children, earth, Flowers, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan, poem, poetry, summer, Summer flowers, Summer Solstice, Summer Solstice 2018, sun, thoughts, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 30 poem and WIP watercolor
I’m closing the last day of National Poetry Month with a poem written from a prompt by Ibtisam Barakat, featured today on Renée LaTulippe’s blog No Water River. MY WINGS My wings are made of paint and petals sprinkled softly … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, animals, Art, Children, Compassion, critters, earth, family, Flowers, Humanity, Humans, Justice, Michelle Kogan, nature, Paint, people, petals, poems, poetry, reflections, respect, self-absorbed, sun, watercolors, wings, Women, words, Writing
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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 19 haiku and sketch
soaking up midday sun, violets admire city folks… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so far: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, city, earth, environment, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, sketchbook, sun, violets, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 12 #haiku and #sketch
star narcissus nodding approval finally spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem two–Haiku Azaleas Poem three–ODE TO SHUN LEE Poem four–Haiku Daffodils Poem five–APRIL’S MYSTERIES Poem six–APRIL’S BUDS … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, chicago, earth, environment, finally Spring, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Narcissus, pen sketch, Plein Air, poem, poetry, spring flowers, sun, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 11 poem & sketch
APRIL SNAKE Slithering snake caught me by surprise while sunning herself in April’s warm eyes. Off she scurried, through left-over-fall leaves, hiding in the myriad of Spring’s drying sheaves. I waited, and waited, and watched–holding my stance tightly, seeking her … Continue reading
