Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, October 12, 2008

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Groovin’ High

By Faith Ringgold

1996

This week, for Sunday, October 12^th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

sweet

swell

swim

swing

This week, we celebrate the birthday of American painter Faith Ringgold, who was born on October 8, 1930.

To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of her work to accompany this week’s prompt.

Above:

We Came to America

By Faith Ringgold

1998

Below:

Coming to Jones Road

By Faith Ringgold

1999

Feel free to use the artwork in your own blog post, or not, as inspiration strikes you. Just be sure to come back to SIMPLY SNICKERS by Sunday, October 12^th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

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