Tag Archives: water

Poetry Friday–Roundup Is Here! Dads Day

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Dad’s Day! & Happy Summer! The Poetry Friday Roundup is here! Please add your posts to Mister Linky below… I’m looking forward to getting around and reading all of your poetry posts throughout the weekend. Friday … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup is here!, Anne Frank, archival prints, Art, Banjos, Bookmarks, Dads, Dads and daughters, Daughters, Father's Day, Flowers, Giclee Prints, INTERTWINING CONNECTIONS, Journals, Michelle Kogan, music, Painting, Phillis Levin, poem, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, sketchbooks, sky, summer, The Banjo Bands of Malawi, water, Watercolor, Writing | 27 Comments

Poetry Friday—Sky, Sun, & Water

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem this week was inspired by Margaret Simon’s prompt, from her post this week on THIS PHOTO WANTS TO BE A POEM… I wrote the poem, didn’t have a chance to post it, then tweaked it … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, colors, dragonfly, James Weldon Johnson, Leigh Anne Eck, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, mother nature, nature, Nix the comfort zone, pencil sketch, Prehistoric, sketch, sky, summer, sun, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, water | 11 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

#PoetryFriday–iPad haikus & art

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been playing this week on my newly acquired iPad. I won it recently when I resubscribed to my local public radio station. I’m planning on using it mostly to connect up with my computer to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, bees, Bulbs, environment, Haiku, imagination, iPad Poetry, iPad sketches, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sailing, spring, squirrels, thoughts, travel, Waiting, water, Writing | 23 Comments

#PoetryFriday: Early Spring

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Belted Kingfisher and Tulips, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, Watercolor and watercolor pencil Happy Poetry Friday! I have Spring on my mind, hence I’m focusing on Spring poems and Spring Art. To all my friends in colder climates, wouldn’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged "Ingredients for Early Spring", #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, Belted kingfisher, birds, Bulbs, earth, fish, Flowers, Hope, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, Painting, poem, poetry, spring, stories, thoughts, Tulips, water, watercolors, wings, Writing | 33 Comments

Poetry Friday– “Thankful for the Moon”

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve thought over this last week about a few things I’m very thankful for, and here they are in my shape-poem-painting. I did a little hunting around for more info on my dear friend Moon, and here … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged "Thankful for the Moon", Art, care, Children, clouds, earth, environment, family, fauna, fish, flora, friends, heart, Humanity, love, Michelle Kogan, moon, nature, Oceans, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Prairie shores, reflections, spirit, stories, thoughts, Tides, Voice, water, waves, Writing | 24 Comments

Poetry Friday–Bounty, Dreams, & Painting …

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some art and poems that were inspired by and begun while in Door County, WI. My first poem is a golden shovel that I built from Langston Hughes’ poem Dreams. DREAMS What shall we hold … … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing | Tagged animals, Art, Bounty Dreams Painting, Door County, environment, family, golden shovel, Humanity, lake Michigan, Langston Hughes, Michelle Kogan, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, sailboats, seaguls, spirit, sun, thoughts, travel, water, Writing | 31 Comments

#NaPoWriMo day 29 1 line haiku & sketch

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

sunnings a forever treasured part of life © 2018 Michelle Kogan Art and poem inspired by a poet friends photo, thanks Molly Hogan! On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, animals, earth, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, one-line haiku, poems, poetry, reflections, spring, turtle, Turtle sunning, water | 1 Comment

Poetry Friday & Sneak at New Zine

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

VALUE FOR ALL! … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged air, Art, borders, Embracing All, Immigrants, Land, Michelle Kogan, poems, Poetry Friday, Supporting All, The Other Wes Moore, Voices, water, WIP, Zine Workshop, zines | 11 Comments

The Phoenix Election Day Ashes- sketch & poem

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

The Phoenix Election Day Ashes © Michelle Kogan 2016 The phoenix rose out of her ashes, raising her wings proudly while examining the turbulence, muttering not a sound… The air uncannily sat silent, deliberating her next directive, weary with the … Continue reading →