Tag Archives: valentines day

Poetry Friday–Inaugural Poems 2021

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m moving forward slowly with hope, for our country, America, and our world. I was smitten with our Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, THE HILL WE CLIMB. My post today includes a golden shovel poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Amanda Gorman, #PoetryFriday, "Dove's-wings", America, care, change, Compassion, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, Hope, Inaugural Poem 2021, inclusive, Justice, Laura Shovan, love, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Valentine's Day cards 2021, valentines day | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–Snow, Birds, Valentine’s…

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Brrr, our temps are plummeting here in Chicago, but along with that we’ve received a lovely sprinkling of snow… windy, snowy, “brave irene” kinda day, with pine wiggling magic © 2020 Michelle Kogan I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Writing | Tagged Action, animals, Art, Audubon Society, Baird's Sandpiper, birds, chicago, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, earth, environment, family, Great Backyard Bird Count, Humanity, Linda Baie, Love Birds, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, sun, thoughts, threatened species, Truth, valentines day | 25 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Healing Valentine’s

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been writing Valentine haikus this week thinking about all the children and other individuals that have been lost this last year from gun violence. I heard a radio interview from one of the survivors … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, books, Children, environment, family, Flowers, Gun violence, Healing Valentine's, Humanity, Jone MacCulloch, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Remembering lives lost, thoughts, valentines day, Women, Writing | 18 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Haiga & Valentine Cards

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Coming in with a haiga poem, art, and–Shedding a little light and love with some of my Valentine’s Day Cards. Visit my Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art for more cards. Tara Smith at her blog Going … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged "I Say a Little Prayer", #PoetryFriday, Aretha Franklin, environment, family, friends, haiga, Haiku, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, music, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, stories, Valentine's Day Cards, valentines day, winter, Women, Wrting | 24 Comments

Valentines Day

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy ValentinesDay!

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Painting, pen, poems, poetry, Rose, valentines day, Watercolor, Writing, Yellow Rose, Yellow Rose of Winter | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday: Peek at Valentines Day and Snow

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a sonnet I just penned for Laura Shovan’s 6th Annual February Daily Poem Project. I was thinking about Valentine’s Day as I wrote this poem. Laura has been graciously hosting this poetry potpourri on her … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, birds, chicago, Ekphrastic poems, love, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Sally Murphy, Snowstorm, Sonnet, valentines day | 8 Comments

Poetry Friday: Limerick & Sweetheart Show

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Groundhog Day! Step right up, I’m hawking my art for a small show and here’s a limerick to catch your interest: There once was a poet Michelle who was a skilled artist as well, she made … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Gallery 1070, Groundhog Day, Limericks, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, poems, poetry, Sweetheart Exhibit, Valentines Cards, valentines day, Writing | 30 Comments

Tanka and Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #friendship, #WorldWatercolorGroup, animals, Art, endangered species, love, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poems, poetry, reflections, Tanka, valentines day, watercolors | 4 Comments

Valentine Haiku and Quick Painting

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged Art, Children's Illustration, Flowers, Haiku, Holidays, Lovebird, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, pen, poem, valentines day, Watercolor, Writing | 2 Comments

Valentiny Story and Illustration

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Here’s my story for the 1st Annual Valentiny Writing Contest, graciously hosted and organized by Susanna Leonard Hill. The challenge: Write a Valentiny story for children 12 years and under, including a grumpy character, and having no more then 214 words, (not including … Continue reading →