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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 →

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#Poetry Friday–Roundup is Here & Spring

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Come on in, the Poetry Friday Roundup is here, leave your poetry links below with Mister Linky. I’ve invited Spring for a brief escape from all the scariness out there… So, kick back and bathe yourself in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, bird songs, books, buds, Diane Mayr, earth, environment, family, Flowers, gardens, Humanity, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, May, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Peony, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spirit, spring, the best of Today's Little Ditty 2017-2018, Todays Little Ditty, Waiting, Writing | 38 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–Golden Shovel, Books, Children

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My thoughts were and are still with the students and teachers of the Santa Fe, Tx, High School shooting from last week. I let poetry and painting feed the outrage in my heart. I had just received this beautiful book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Between the Lines, books, Elizabeth Cotten, environment, Freight Train, friends, golden shovel, Libba, Marching, May, Michelle Kogan, Nikki Grimes, people, poems, poetry, reflections, stories, The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten, Todays Little Ditty, wings | 40 Comments

“Ode to Spring Soil” at Today’s Little Ditty

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

ODE TO SPRING SOIL You feel soft and squishy, as her shoes ooze over with clumps of your midnight mix. Your earthy scent magnifies, as she moves toward you. Swish, her foot slips and she sloshes down, sliding to the … Continue reading →

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Art study & poem, Madame de Pompadour featured on Today’s Little Ditty

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My poem “Madame de Pompadour” is featured today on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes Blog, Today’s Little Ditty: http:// http://www.michellebarnes.blogspot.com My study, L’Amour, is a tribute to Madame de Pompadour, who was a great patron of the arts, and also engraved this drawing!

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Art, drawing, Madame de Pompadour, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, sketch, Todays Little Ditty, Watercolor, Writing | Leave a comment

My poem “Unpretentious Pencil” featured on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes blog, Today’s Little Ditty

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

UNPRETENTIOUS PENCIL Pencils peering out waiting patiently for their purpose, or a person’s poppycock to not so pleasingly pour out… But wait there’s more, those indescribable words winding off their points, even poppycock might please an unpretentious pencil. And still … Continue reading →

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“Toady” a “Me” poem and quick sketch featured on Today’s Little Ditty Blog

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My “Me” Poem “Toady” is featured today on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes blog “Today’s Little Ditty”: http://www.michellehbarnes.blogspot.com The “Me” challenge this month came from poet, Lee Bennett Hopkins who Michelle featured on Thursday September 3, 2015. TOADY Toady, sure wish I left you where you belong… But … Continue reading →

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“My Treeless Tree House” poem was featured on Today’s Little Ditty

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

“My Treeless Tree House poem was featured yesterday on Michelle Heidenrich Barnes’ Blog “Today’s Little Ditty.” I’ve included a pic of the tree house that inspired the poem designed by my daughter. My Treeless Tree House My treeless tree house whirr is under construction. … Continue reading →

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Letter Poem: Dear Frozen February

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Dear Frozen February, Bundled so barely my eyes see, bright rays met me on my walk, where I spied some beaming red berries. Baby steps traversed across the sparkling tundra, eyes tearing trudging through snowy scenery… Bouncing steps joyfully captured … Continue reading →