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Tag Archives: winter
Last Nature Haiku for 2019
Happy New Years Eve! Here’s my last nature haiku post for 2019, I’ve been tagging my haikus this last month as #natember, and more of my poet friends have been tweeting with #haikuforkindness #haikuforjustice #haikuforhope including: Linda Baie, Jone MacCulloch, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, 2020, Art, December, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, New Years, New Years Eve, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, snow, spirit, thoughts, Truth, Waiting, winter, Women, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice! I‘ve been thinking about the winter solstice and our changing seasons… Here are a couple poems I wrote while pondering on our solstice a haiku for #natember #haikuforhope #haikuforjustice #haikuforkindness, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, environment, Haiku, Lady Marmalade, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Nonet poem, Painting, Patti LaBelle, pen, Watercolor, winter, Winter Solstice 2019
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Poetry Friday–Groundhog & Paradise…
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Groundhog Day! The snow and cold is getting to be a bit much even for our friendly critter the groundhog. Last I heard he was ready to up and move his growing family to… … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "WHAT THE WATERS KNOW", #PoetryFriday, Birds of Paradise, cold, dream, groundhog, Groundhog Day, Michelle Kogan, nature, Paradise, Sam Hamill, snow, Tabatha Yeatts, winter
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Poetry Friday: Layers and Snow Sketch
Pencil sketch, © 2017 Michelle Kogan. Taken from a pic of my sister and I when we were packed into many, many, many layers! (p.s. I’m in the front.) Happy Poetry Friday! I have to admit the poems I’m sharing … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, Children, cold, friends, LAYERS, Michelle Kogan, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pabo Neuda, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, snow, winter
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Poetry Friday-haiku and sketch
can you hear the birds february’s songbirds, they’re chattering, they’re here. © 2017 Michelle Kogan Thanks Penny Parker Klosterman for hosting Poetry Friday today, visit her blog for more Poetry Friday poems at:pennyklostermann.com
Posted in Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, brush pen, february, gardens, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Songbirds, Watercolor, winter, winter gardens, Writing
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Upbeat thoughts, haiku and illustration
winter wonders all around, right-side-up up-side- down, dreaming sky high . . . © 2017 Michelle Kogan Some upbeat thoughts for the kid in all of us. A haiku inspired by my illustration for the SCBWI kite prompt.
Tagged Art, Children, dreaming, Dreams, fantasy, Haiku, illustration, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, Watercolor, winter
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