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#Poetry Friday–Exhibit and Milkweed Poem
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m happy to share with you my painting and Summer Milkweed poem that will be included in the exhibit: Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City Opening reception Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm running … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Plant Medicine: Multi-Speciies Wellness in a Global City", "SUMMER MILKWEED", Art, backyard gardens, bees, butterflies, Community Gardens, earth, environment, exhibits, family, Flowers, friends, Heidi Mordhorst, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, Museum of Surgical Science, nature, Oil Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, pollinating, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Truth, Waiting, Women
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#Poetry Friday–New Poet Laureate & “Solstice Amis”
Happy Poetry Friday! I was happy to hear that Joy Harjo is our new United States Poet Laureate. Her life of being a multitalented artist–poet, musician, and playwright, and her poetry all speak to me resoundingly. I’m sharing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Solstice Amis", 2019 New US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, A Word Edgewise, Action, animals, bees, chicago, earth, environment, family, friends, Garden pics, Help our Climate, Humanity, Joy Harjo, June, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Monarch Caterpillars, people, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Pollinators, Ponder, reflections, Summer Solstice, thoughts, Truth, wings, Women
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Poetry Friday Roundup is Here–Celebrating Tracy K. Smith at the Chicago Public Library
Happy Poetry Friday–The Roundup is here! On Saturday, April 27, 2019, I had the privilege and honor of hearing Tracy K. Smith, our 22nd US Poet Laureate at the Chicago Public Library’s Poetry Fest. A compelling poet, she is as … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "Beehive", "Life on Mars", "SEEING SUMMER’S GREENS", "Wade in the Water", #PoetryFriday, 22nd US Poet Laureate, animals, Art, books, Chicago Public Library's Poetry Fest, Children, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Jean Toomer, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday Roundup, Ponder, reflections, Renée LaTulippe, Tabatha Yeatts, The Slowdown, thoughts, Tracy K. Smith, Tracy K. Smith at Chicago Public Library's Poetry Fest 2019, Truth, Waiting, wings
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#NaPoWriMo Day 29 #haiku & recycled #WIP due to time shortage…
hey mother nature us birds and flowers are here, don’t ya know it’s spring… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, birds, earth, environment, Flowers, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, thoughts, Truth, wings, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 28, #poem and #sketch
FROM PENCIL TIPS Little words letter forms crawl out from cobwebs of thoughts, push aside barrage of daily din, collectively form, sometimes orderly, mostly scribbled furiously on lines with a desire to make that leap of faith–allow fingers to furiously … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "From Pencil Tips", #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Art, books, Little words, Michelle Kogan, Pencils, poem, Ponder, reflections, risks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Writing, writing process
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#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions
Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Poem, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, Action, American Poets, Art, Carol Varsalona, Children, Cohabitate cordially, earth, environment, family, Flowers, getting along, Humanity, hummingbirds, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Kim Dower, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, Poetry and the Environment, Poetry Foundation, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, WIP, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 8 #haiku, #watercolor
three star narcissus laugh at ignorance and speak truth without words… © 2019 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, animals, bee, earth, environment, friends, Haiku, Humanity, ignorance, Michelle Kogan, Narcissus, Ponder, reflections, stars, Truth, Writing
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Poetry Friday Golden Shovel and Painting
I have a Golden Shovel poem for Poetry Friday. The poem was inspired by Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird. I used the second stanza lines from Maya Angelou’s poem to create my poem. I’m also including a portion of Caged Bird … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, books, Golden Shovel Poems, Lies, Maya Angelou, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Songbirds, Trust, Truth, wings, Writing
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