Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 15, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 15, 2009

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Estante com Livros

By Giuseppe Maria Crespi

This week, for Sunday, March 15^th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

learn

linger

look

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Italian Baroque painter Giuseppe Maria Crespi, who was born on March 14, 1665. Giuseppe Maria Crespi was known as Lo Sphanuolo.

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

Above:

La Cuoca

By Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Below:

The Confessional

By Giuseppe Maria Crespi

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 for Sunday, March 15^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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