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Category Archives: Haiku
Thinking About Spring…
I’m channeling Spring…While in the midst of grading Midterm Exams, so I’m offering just a splash of a post.Enjoy the raindrops if they appear in your neck of the woods… BEFORE SPRING let’s ponder onthat early morning Sparrow’sconsistent call notice … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #artist, #EtsyShop, #Giclée, #haiku, #MichelleKogan, #MichelleKoganFineArt, #Narcissus, #naturelovers, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #Spring, #watercolor, #Writer
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Poetry Friday: Response to Arthur Sze Poem & Cards
I’m joining the Poetry Sisters prompt for February to write in response to a poem by our new US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. I wrote in response to Sze’s poem AT THE EQUINOX. This was a tall order, but a … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #EasterCards, #EquinoxPoem, #MichelleKogan, #PassoverCards, #PenandWatercolor, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #Writer
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Poetry Friday–February Mums and Pause…
Happy Poetry Friday! Busy week, short post, taking a pause with my OLW Pause. a partial pause fills soul with solace, preps usto pick up pieces… © 2026 Michelle Kogan, draft Mosey on over to talented poet and nature photographer … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #Chicago, #FebruaryMums, #haiku, #MichelleKogan, #Pause, #Pen and Ink, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #Solace
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Poetry Friday– Moon & Weather Pause…
all knowing moonhelp us mend our ways—guide uscrescent orb © 2026 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! Wow, wow, wow, it keeps on coming, but in the midst of the world feeling like it may be on the brink of collapse, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #Cause, #centering, #ChicagoPoet, #haiku, #MichelleKogan, #Moon, #Music, #Nature, #Pause, #poems, #PoetryFriday, #reflections
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Poetry Friday-Etheree-some good…
rhododendron red—windowsill winter bloomveils sky and thoughts © 2026 Michelle Kogan, draft Happy Poetry Friday I’m sharing another poem, an etheree from my writing notebook that was patiently waiting to be completed…An etheree is a 10-line poem form that begins … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #artist, #ChicagoPoet, #Etheree, #haiku, #Hope, #Justice, #MichelleKogan, #OLW, #Pause, #rhododendron, #somegood, Bookseedstudio, Jan Godown Annino, nature, naturelovers, poems, poetry, Writing
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Poetry Friday– Poem Notebook Surfing & Hellebores
rosey helleboressoothe US daily terrors,compassion amiss © 2026 Michelle Kogan, draft My haiku reflects on the shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Happy Poetry Friday! I did some notebook surfing to complete my poem below, TOGETHER. I often have poems in … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #art exhibit, #artist, #compassion, #haiku, #Hellebores, #MichelleKogan, #Nature, #naturelovers, #OLW, #Pause, #poet, #Poetry, #PoetryFriday, #reflections, #RuthBowenHersey, #together, #Writer, #Zeno
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Poetry Friday–Polar Bears & Fleeting Time…
Happy Poetry Friday! I pulled out my Polar Bear friends with the coming of winter and all the snow we’ve been having in Chicago… I created these bookmarks a while back because I was very concerned about the Polar Bears … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged Acrylic Painting, Art, artist, Bookmarks, chicago, Climate Change, Fleeting time, Help Polar Bears, Michelle Kogan Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, poems, Poet, poetry, Polar Bear Bookmarks, Polar Bears, reflections, Slowdown, time, winter, Writer, Writing
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Poetry Friday: Overheard & EXPO Holiday Show…
Happy Poetry Friday I’m here with another poetry prompt from the Poetry Sisters’ to close the month of November. The challenge to compose an ‘Eavesdropped & Overheard’ poem in tribute to our pal at the long-running Chicken Spaghetti blog, Susan Thomsen. … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #poetrypals, Art, artist, Bookmarks, Buffy Silverman, Christmas, Evanston Art Center's 2025 Winter Arts & Crafts EXPO, family, Giclee Prints, Greeting Cards, Hanukkah, Holiday Cards, Michelle Kogan, nature, Overheard poems, Painting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, prints, reflections, Watercolor, winter, wintertime, Writing
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Poetry Friday—Burning Haibun: Birds
Happy Poetry Friday! I took a break this week from the political mayhem din, and attempted to write a Burning Haibun poem. The prompt for this came from the Poetry Sisters for their October challenge. And this was quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature
Tagged #artist, #Birds, #BurningHaibun, #Chicago, #ChicagoArtist, #compassion, #crows, #Drawing, #EndangeredBirds, #feathers, #helpbirds, #helpearth, #helphumanity, #Humanity, #Inktober2025, #memory, #MichelleKogan, #Nature, #naturelovers, #painting, #Penandink, #poem, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, #reflections, #songbirds, #wings, #Writer, Jone Rush Macculloch
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Poetry Friday–Raise Consciousness
Dear Humanity,rally & raise consciousnessHERE in the U.S. © 2025 Michelle Kogan, draft Reflections on all happening… From the windy city that’s presently taking some unwanted, unneeded heat. Short post this week for I’m knee-deep in school work and more… … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Home, poetry
Tagged #artist, #Chicago, #consciousness, #Drawing, #Epistlepoem, #haiku, #Humanity, #Inktober2025, #LindaBaie, #Penandink, #poet, #PoetryFriday, #raiseconsciousness, #TeacherDance, #US, #Writer, Michelle Kogan
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 