Tag Archives: Truth

Poetry Friday–New Lunar Moon

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Lunar Moon I looked to Moon for my poem this week, in celebration of having a Lunar Moon… and a bit of life slipped in too… If you spy a good image of her, send … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Villanelle, Art, care, lost lives, Lunar Moon 2021, masked, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, moon, poem, poetry, Rumi, sky, starts, Truth, Watercolor | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Time Traveler Poem

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome time travelers… We are taking a trip into the dictionary and going back in time to 1522, when the word hero first made her appearance. How appropriate heroes’ timing was, with the renaissance under way. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Painting, Poem, poetry, Trips, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Beatrice de Luna, Conversos, Donna Gracia Nasi, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Hero, Heroine, Inquisition, Jan Annino, Justice, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, Ottoman Empire, peace, poetry, Portugal, Tanita S. Davis, Time Traveler Poem, Truth, Writer | 13 Comments

#inktober2020 day 10 and #haiku.

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

remember VOTEremember humanityremember VOTE©️ 2020 Michelle Kogan

Posted in Home, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #inktober, Action, Art, drawing, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, ladyliberty #VOTE #remember #humanity #Democracy #art #covidart, Michelle Kogan, pen, poems, poetry, reflections, sketch, thoughts, Truth, Writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday–John Lewis

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m remembering John Lewis in a double etheree poem–Let’s keep his life’s actions alive. First action–for all of us in the US, make sure you’re registered to vote, better yet, send for your Vote-By-Mail ballot for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Good Trouble", #PoetryFriday, Action, books, Desegregation, Etheree, family, friends, Humanity, John Lewis, life, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Nonviolence, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Sit-ins, Students, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Voting Rights, Writing | 13 Comments

#Poetry Friday–James Baldwin

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. Quote by James Baldwin I’ve been reading James Baldwin and my post comes from my thoughts circling around … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Staggerlee wonders", #PoetryFriday, books, change, family, Freedom, friends, Humanity, ignorance, James Baldwin, Justice, life, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, stories, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday–RETHINKING THE 4th

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I was in a quandary about this post as we approach the 4th of July weekend and its celebrations. My views on July 4th as independence day have changed. If we are as a country, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Home, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 4th of July, Action, Art, Claudia Rankine, family, Freedom, friends, Golden Shovel Poem, Humanity, Jericho Brown, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, stories, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday– SOUNDS OF SUSURRUS… and Giraffes

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Giraffe in Summer, © 2009 Michelle Kogan, pen and ink. Happy Poetry Friday! and Happy Summer! At the beginning of June Laura Purdie Salas, who is a poet, author, and member of a group of Poets known as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, family, Giraffes, Humanity, Karen Eastlund, Karen's Got a Blog, Laura Purdie Salas, life, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Poetry Sisters, Ponder, reflections, spirit, sun, Susurrus, Thanks, thoughts, Truth, Writing | 20 Comments

Poetry Friday–Father’s Day and Change

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday Happy Father’s Day to all Dad’s out there, and in our memories… And for June 19th, Juneteenth Sign a petition Visit nextgen america and sign their petition to have Juneteenth, “Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Fourth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Ars Poetica, Art, Compassion, empathy, environment, Father's Day, friends, GEORGE FLOYD, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, music, Orlando Ricardo Menes, passions, Perseverance, Ponder, reflections, stories, Terrance Hayes, The Miss Rumphius Effect, thoughts, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Truth, Understanding, Waiting, Writing | 17 Comments

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 →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Between the Lines, books, Celebration, change, Children, Covid19, Dreams, family, friends, Humanity, Irene Latham, life, Live Your Poem, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards A Memoir, poems, Poets, Ponder, Reading, Recovery, reflections, roses, Southwest Sunrise, Sree Sreenivasan, stories, Students, Systemic Racism, Thanks, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, video, Waiting, watercolors, wings, Women, Writing | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday: LIFE’S BREATH

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem comes from reflecting on this past week. I chose to try an “In One Word” poetry form, that was introduced to us two weeks ago by April Halperin Wayland at her blog Teaching Authors. It’s … Continue reading →