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Tag Archives: sunflowers
Poetry Friday— Bird’s Feeding–Native Chicagoan’s…
Happy Poetry Friday! Last week the new named Poetry Group, the Inklings, including Margaret Simon, Catherine Flynn, Linda Mitchell, Heidi Mordhorst, Molly Hogan, and Mary Lee Hahn, challenged themselves to write ghazal’s for their monthly prompt. Well, I’ve written at … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged Backyard birds, birds, Birds eating Sunflower seeds, Birds fall feeding, Black-capped Chickadee, Catherine Flynn, fall, Ghazal, Goldfinch, Heidi Mordhorst, Inklings, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Native Chicago Birds, poem, poetry, Poetry Friday, sunflowers, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, White-breasted nuthatch
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Poetry Friday–Cycling & Breath
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
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Poetry Friday– Natures Voice & WIP
I went on another poem hunt and found the poet Karen An-Hwei Lee. My poem today is inspired by a poem of hers that I am sharing, and accompanies my WIP watercolor painting. Karen An-Hwei Lee’s poem follows below mine. You … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged bees, birds, butterflies, cottontail, environment, https://jamarattigan.com, KAREN AN-HWEI LEE, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, Natures Voice, poem, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Praise, sunflowers, WIP, Writing
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Garden Tanka and Pics
Some pics from my garden to accompany a Garden Tanka… August bounty brings multicolored garden treasures. Now, quickly capture them before the critters begin their feast! © Michelle Kogan 8-7-2015
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged backyard, backyard gardens, cucumbers, gardens, Michelle Kogan, peppers, poetry, sunflowers, Tanka, vegetables, writing
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Pen sketch and haiku, bees, finches, and sunflowers…
bees busy finches serenade their afternoon sunflower treasures © Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged bees, finches, haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, sunflowers, writing
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