Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, August 3, 2008

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Nature Symbolized (Reefs)
By Arthur Garfield Dove
(1924)

This week, for Sunday, August 3rd, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

wander

weak

wild

wit

wonder

This week, we celebrate the birthday of American Abstract Expressionist painter Arthur Garfield Dove (born August 1, 1880). To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of his work to accompany this week’s prompt. Feel free to use the artwork, or not, as inspiration strikes you.

Tanks
By Arthur Garfield Dove
(1938)

Be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, August 3rd, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please be sure to check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?

We also invite you to check out The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts. Check out today’s prompt, or pick one from the archives.

Below:
Me and the Moon
By Arthur Garfield Dove
(1937)

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Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, July 27, 2008

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Portrait of Amelia van Buren
By Thomas Eakins
(c1890)

This week, for Sunday, July 27^th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

sacred

secrets

self

scorned

(At the request of Zaphodfreak, we include a few more word prompts this time.)

Recognizing the birthday of American Realist painter Thomas Eakins (born July 25, 1844)t, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of his work to accompany this week’s prompt. Feel free to use the artwork, or not, as inspiration strikes you.

Be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, July 27^th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please be sure to check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?

Above:
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull
By Thomas Eakins
(1871)

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Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, July 20, 2008

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Horsemen, Rainy Weather
By Edgar Degas
(1886)

For Sunday, July 20^th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

Standing

Still

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas (born July 19, 1834). To honor this master artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers three favorite pieces to accompany this week’s prompt. Feel free to use any or all the pictures, or not, as inspiration strikes you.

Be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, July 20^th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please be sure to check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?

Above, left:
Dancers
By Edgar Degas
(1878)

At right:
The Glass of Absinthe
By Edgar Degas
(1876)

We also invite you to check out The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

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Linking Made Simple (Bookmark This Post)

Linking Made Simple

(Scroll down or check archives for this week's Simply Snickers prompt.)

By popular request, here are simple instructions for creating active links for online comments. Follow these step-by-step instructions, and you will be linking in no time.

Basically, you will be cutting-and-pasting. Be sure to save your link codes, so you can adapt them for new posts!

Here’s a sample code.

[ a href="http://memeexpress.blogspot.com"] MEME EXPRESS – daily blog prompts [/a]

Replace the [ with a < and replace the ] with a >

Close up all word spacing. Letters and codes must run together without spacing.

Then you will produce this:

MEME EXPRESS – daily blog prompts

To produce your own link:

Replace the http address in my code with your own post’s http.

Replace the TITLE in my code with your own post’s title.

This will produce an active code link (hyperlink), which you can paste into comments you post, making it simpler for readers to visit and view your blog.

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Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, July 13, 2008

Christina’s World
By Andrew Wyeth
(c1948)

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

This week, for Sunday, July 13^th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

Wait

Wonder

This week, we celebrate the birthday of American artist Andrew Wyeth (born July 12, 1917). To honor this master artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers three favorite pieces to accompany this week’s prompt.

Feel free to use any or all of the pictures, or not, as inspiration strikes you.

Be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, July 13^th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please be sure to check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?

Above, left:
South Cushing
By Andrew Wyeth
(c1955)

At right:
Church at the Port
By Andrew Wyeth
(c1982)

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