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Poetry Prompt - for Sunday, November 23, 2008

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La Grande Famille

By Rene Magritte

1963


This week, for Sunday, November 23rd, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

horizon

hover

human

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Belgian Surrealist artist Rene Francois Ghislain Magritte, who was born on November 21, 1898.


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

Above:

The Human Condition

By Rene Magritte

1935

Below:

The Mysteries of the Horizon

By Rene Magritte

1955



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, November 23rd, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

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3 comments:

  1. Adore Magritte's "La Grande Famille". I had to work with that image plus the words.

    On wings of morning cloud

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  2. http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/

    Love the art-work used this week. But then it's always good and I'm learning a lot.

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