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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, June 7, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, June 7, 2009


Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.


Marseille Market

By Raoul Dufy

1905


This week, for Sunday, June 7th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:


shadow

shelter

shine


This week, we celebrate the birthday of French Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy, who was born on June 3, 1877. To honor this artist SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.


Above:

Regatta at Cowes

By Raoul Dufy

1934

Below

Old Houses on the Honfleur Basin

By Raoul Dufy

1905


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, June 7th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?


We also invite you to visit The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts. Try today’s prompt, or pick one from the archives. See what starts your creative engine – for poetry, prose, photography or other postings.


Bonus link hint:


On Sundays, you may leave comments (with links to your SIMPLY SNICKERS entries) at The Meme Express, which issues a Sunday Invitation to SIMPLY SNICKERS each week.


Love poetry? Click here to stop by at Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink. Click here to subscribe to an RSS feed for this writer's helpful Helium content. If you wish, click here for a free subscription to this author's online AC content, so you won't miss a single post!


Would you like to read through the entire Bible in 2009? Please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer.


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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 31, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 31, 2009


Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.


Breakfast Under the Big Birch

By Carl Larsson

1896


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


park

peek

pick


This week, we celebrate the birthday of Swedish painter Carl Larsson, who was born on May 28, 1853. To honor this artist SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.


Above:

Spring

By Carl Larsson

1907

Below:

Brita and I (Self Portrait)

1895


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, May 31st, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?


We also invite you to visit The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts. Try today’s prompt, or pick one from the archives. See what starts your creative engine – for poetry, prose, photography or other postings.


Bonus link hint:


On Sundays, you may leave comments (with links to your SIMPLY SNICKERS entries) at The Meme Express, which issues a Sunday Invitation to SIMPLY SNICKERS each week.


Love poetry? Click here to stop by at Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink. Click here to subscribe to an RSS feed for this writer's helpful Helium content. If you wish, click here for a free subscription to this author's online AC content, so you won't miss a single post!


Would you like to read through the entire Bible in 2009? Please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer.


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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 24, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 24, 2009


Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.


The Boating Party

By Mary Cassatt

1893-1894


This week, for Sunday, May 24th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:


splash

splendid


This week, we celebrate the birthday of American Impressionist painter Mary Stevenson Cassatt, who was born on May 22, 1844. To honor this artist SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.


Above:

Five O'Clock Tea

By Mary Cassatt

1880

Below:

Summertime

By Mary Cassatt

1894



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, May 24th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?


We also invite you to visit The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts. Try today’s prompt, or pick one from the archives. See what starts your creative engine – for poetry, prose, photography or other postings.


Bonus link hint:


On Sundays, you may leave comments (with links to your SIMPLY SNICKERS entries) at The Meme Express, which issues a Sunday Invitation to SIMPLY SNICKERS each week.


Love poetry? Click here to stop by at Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink. Click here to subscribe to an RSS feed for this writer's helpful Helium content. If you wish, click here for a free subscription to this author's online AC content, so you won't miss a single post!


Would you like to read through the entire Bible in 2009? Please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer.


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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 17, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, May 17, 2009


Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.


The Blue Boy

By Thomas Gainsborough

1770


This week, for Sunday, May 17th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:


damp

decide

droll


This week, we celebrate the birthday of British portraitist and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough, who was born on May 13, 1727. To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.



Above:

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

By Thomas Gainsborough

c1750

Below:

Landscape River

By Thomas Gainsborough

c1770



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, May 17th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

Please check out the other SIMPLY SNICKERS entries. What creative writer doesn’t appreciate encouraging comments?


We also invite you to visit The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts. Try today’s prompt, or pick one from the archives. See what starts your creative engine – for poetry, prose, photography or other postings.


Bonus link hint:


On Sundays, you may leave comments (with links to your SIMPLY SNICKERS entries) at The Meme Express, which issues a Sunday Invitation to SIMPLY SNICKERS each week.


Love poetry? Click here to stop by at Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink. Click here to subscribe to an RSS feed for this writer's helpful Helium content. If you wish, click here for a free subscription to this author's online AC content, so you won't miss a single post!


Would you like to read through the entire Bible in 2009? Please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer.


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