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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 20th, 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 20th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

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Above, left:
Dancers
By Edgar Degas
(1878)

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

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13 comments:

  1. Raven's Wing PoetryJuly 15, 2008 at 10:01 AM

    Here is my offering for this week:

    Departure

    -Nicole

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  2. UnknownJuly 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM

    Evaporated

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  3. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 3:11 AM

    This was fun. Thanks!
    http://trawo.blogspot.com/2008/07/standing-still.html

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  4. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM

    THE FAMILY REUNION, at PRACTICALLY AT HOME

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  5. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    DRAWING FORTH, at THE MANE POINT

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  6. AnonymousJuly 17, 2008 at 4:56 PM

    My poem is up.

    Waiting for Daylight I really really really wanted to write a 'happy' poem but it didn't happen.

    -Bev

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  7. Bev's PlaceJuly 18, 2008 at 1:34 AM

    After my uber depressing ghazal, Waiting for Daylight,I turned around and wrote a happy haiku for this challenge. It's called I can hear music

    -Bev

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  8. AnonymousJuly 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    Could you maybe have more words in next weeks prompt?

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  9. Gemma WisemanJuly 19, 2008 at 2:32 AM

    Adore Edgar Degas' work. He is my focus in a poem.

    Secret Dance

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  10. LA NickersJuly 19, 2008 at 11:58 AM

    WINDING UP, at NICKERS AND INK

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  11. AnonymousJuly 19, 2008 at 7:55 PM

    My mare is standing still . . . far too often lately.

    Praying she will regain strength and comfort and health.

    Here she is:

    STANDING STILL, at THE MANE POINT

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  12. AnonymousJuly 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    Taking it to the wire this week..lol. At least I made it in time.

    Time

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  13. AnonymousJuly 22, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    I'm not sure what happens to people who miss the deadline... but here's a ghazal with the refrain "stand still".

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