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Poetry Friday–#Haiku4hope, Art & Music

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

  Happy Poetry Friday! I’m wringing out the old year with a wintery montage of #haikuforhope poems, and a wee bit of music to ease us all out of the year. Thanks Mary Lee Hahn for offering us all this … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood Haiku

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

  boots and roots journey, together intertwining  through springtime changes…  © 2016 Michelle Kogan

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#Inktober and haiku day 15, 2015

Posted on October 15, 2015 by

bend and blow mighty honey locust, for soon your leaves will all scatter… © Michelle Kogan 2015

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Inktober Day 1: Quick morning sketch and haiku, #inktober

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

quickly moving clouds captured October’s first sky, hurry they’ll be gone… © Michelle Kogan 2015

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A haiku and quick painting for spring’s flowering trees…

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

frilly flowering trees capture my eye in may’s emerging blossom’s © Michelle Kogan

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Sketch and haiku for day 11 #NaPoWriMo

Posted on April 11, 2015 by

first two then one flew gracing the grand ginkgo tree drenched in setting sun © Michelle Kogan

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Sketch and Haiku for day 9 of ‪#‎NaPoWriMo‬

Posted on April 9, 2015 by
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NaPoWriMo Day 1 haiku chicago mountains

Posted on April 1, 2014 by

  april winds chill in as chicago mountains rise feathered breezes fly

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Haiku and Quick Earth Day Sketch for day 22 of National Poetry Writing Month

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Very quick sketch and haiku for Earth Day and day 22 of National Poetry Writing Month http://www.napowrimo.net hop hop rustle hop looking up down and around everydays earth day

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Meditating on Arbori, A Poem for Day 12 of National Poetry Writing Month

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

My poem for day 12 of National Poetry Writing Month (http://www.napowrimo.net) involves my great appreciation for my grand arbori friends… Meditating on Arbori animated arbori welcoming me, invisible faces foretelling voices stoic stances perpetually balancing my turmoil.

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