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Tag Archives: Writing
Poetry Friday–Democracy & Beginnings…
beginnings can be difficult–but we can chooseto begin again…© 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! My thoughts and poems are on the events of our US Certification Day, and the aftermath that unfolded… I’m still processing, but I’m also in … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, artist, begin again, beginnings, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, haiku, Hope, Michael Beschloss, Michelle Kogan, PBS Newshour, poetry, Sylvia Vardell, teaching, US Certification Day 2021, WIP, Writing
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#inktober2020 day 10 and #haiku.
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
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Poetry Friday: Vote–Poems & Postcards to Voters
Happy Poetry Friday Happy Poetry Friday! I signed up to send postcards to voters, to encourage people to vote, this is my first batch of postcards that I’ve mailed. If you are interested in joining you can check it out … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, #Vote, caring, Compassion, family, friends, Judgement, Kiesha Shepard, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Art Talk at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, poems, poetry, Postcards, Postcards to Voters, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Celebrate Literacy Day with DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Happy Poetry Friday! International Literacy Day is coming up on Tuesday, September 8th. What better way to begin celebrating it than with a wonderful book… I offer you DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD POEMS, QUOTES, AND ANECDOTES FROM A TO … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Writing
Tagged #International Literacy Day 2020, #PoetryFriday, Action, Beyond Literacy Link, Carol Varsalona, change, Charles Waters, Covid19, DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD, Irene Latham, Mehrdokht Amini, Michelle Kogan, poetry, Poets, Voice, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Rosh Hashanah Card & Twister Poems
Happy Poetry Friday! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know where the summer escaped too… I’m never really ready to let go of summer, even though I love fall. Summer feels fanciful, whimsical, and magical to … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, Aurora Borealis, Chicago's tornado, earth, fall, family, Harvest, Holidays, Humanity, Jewish New Year, life, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, Molly Hogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Cards, summer, Tabatha Yeatts, Thanks, thoughts, travel, Twister, Waiting, Writing
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Poetry Friday–John Lewis
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
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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
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Poetry Friday–Poetry Mix & Flowers
hollyhocks, dance in my dreams and multiply… © 2020 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I am thinking about the fall, schools beginning, and people returning to on location jobs. My first thoughts are, we’re not ready. Hence this tanka poem … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged "See all colors fairly", #PoetryFriday, Anticipation, Art, Bookseedstudio, dance, Dreams, earth, environment, family, FLOAT, Flowers, friends, Hollyhocks, Humanity, Indigenous rights, Jan G Annino, life, Michelle Kogan, Outcomes, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, travel, Waiting, Writing
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