Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, July 12, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, July 12, 2009

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The Garden at Pontoise

By Camille Pissarro

1877

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

line

look

lush

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French Impressionist and Pointillist painter Camille Pissarro, who was born on July 10, 1830. To honor this artist SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.

Above:

Woman Hanging Laundry

By Camille Pissaro

1887

Below:

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage

By Camille Pissarro

c1890

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, July 12th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.

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