Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, August 31, 2008

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Portrait of Doctor Alphonse Leroy
By Jacques-Louis David
(1783)

This week, for Sunday, August 31st, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

waiting

why

worry

writing

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David (born August 30, 1748).

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.

Above:
The Comtesse Vilain XIIII and Her Daughter
By Jacques-Louis David
(1816)

Below:
Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass
By Jacques-Louis David
(1801)

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