Tag Archives: Waiting

#Inktober2019 Day 2 and haiku

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, #joy, Art, brush pen, Crossing Guard, environment, family, Gleaming, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, Mindless, poems, poetry, Ponder, Prompt, rain, reflections, Waiting, Writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday–List Poem & Watercolor

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! What to do when the world won’t stop spinning… retreat to poetry and art. I squeezed in the beginning of a painting this afternoon–outside in the sunshine, even though a thousand other demands were calling me… … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, bees, Carol Varsalona, chicago, earth, fall, Flowers, Humanity, hummingbirds, List Poems, Michelle Kogan, Moonflower, nature, Plein Air, poetry, slowing down, stories, sun, thoughts, Waiting, Walks, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Youth Climate Strike

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m joining the #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, tomorrow, Friday 9-20-2019. Here’s my poster that has a poem I wrote for the march and rally. GOOD CLIMATE Trees and bees, Monarchs and seas Children’s needs Need: Good climate Good … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #ChicagoYouthClimateStrike, #PoetryFriday, Action, air, animals, bees, Charles Waters, Children, Climate Strike, earth, environment, family, friends, gardens, Good Climate, Humanity, Irene Latham, Linda Baie, March, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, Seeds, soil, Students, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, water, Writing | 11 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Trees…

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! We are celebrating Trees this week, from a call for tree themed poetry from fellow poet, lover of nature, and blogger Christie Wyman. Christie is also hosting this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup at her blog Wondering and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, Christie Wyman, earth, environment, family, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, Shape poem, spirit, stories, sun, thoughts, trees, Waiting, Watercolor, Women, Wondering and Wandering, Writing | 16 Comments

Poetry Friday–Heavy Heart

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My gosh what a week… My head has been in a whirl from the two mass shootings of last week in Ohio and Texas–My heart heavy, and frustration for change constant. Then we all heard of the passing of Toni … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Children, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Heavy Heart, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, Nix the comfort zone, people, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, spirit, stories, Students, Waiting, wings, Women, Writing | 14 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Exhibit and Milkweed Poem

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Summer Poem Swap

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m Happy to share my Summer Poem Swap that very recently arrived from Rebecca Herzog. While working on a poem for me, Rebecca researched insects from my area. She came up with the very ancient pondhawk dragonfly. … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, #Summer Poetry Swap, Art, dragonfly, environment, flora, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, stories, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Time Traveler, travel, Waiting, Watercolor, wings, Writing | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–Perseverance

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! When life catches me between too many due dates, I tend to retreat to painting even though another area may need more attention. The result in the long run seems to center and focus my thoughts. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged Action, Art, Carol Wilcox, Carol's Corner, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Perseverance, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Ponder, reflections, stories, Summer Sunflowers, sunflowers, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing | 10 Comments

Poetry Friday–Father’s Day

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m reflecting on Father’s for Father’s Day and focusing on Father’s who are no longer with us. DAD In a wink the light of life is out, But between that wink lay a lifetime of memories… Remembering … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged "The Gift", #PoetryFriday, Art, Celestial, Children, dad, earth, family, Father's Day, friends, Humanity, Laura Shovan, LI-Young Lee, Michelle Kogan, moon, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Remembering Father's who've past, sky, spirit, stars, stories, thoughts, travel, Waiting, wings, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here–Celebrating Tracy K. Smith at the Chicago Public Library

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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 →