Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Dazzle-Ships in Drydock at Liverpool

By Edward Wadsworth

1919

This week, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

know

now

need

This week, we celebrate the birthday of British painter Edward Wadsworth, who was born on October 29, 1889.

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

Above:

Landscape

By Edward Wadsworth

1913

Below:

Bronze Ballet

By Edward Wadsworth

1940

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, 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?

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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

and daily blogging prompts

throughout the 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!

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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Centaurs and Centauresses Exercising by Shooting with the Bow

By Eugene Fromentin

19th Century

This week, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

shoot

sprint

still

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French Romantic painter Eugene Fromentin, who was born on October 24, 1820.

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

Above:

Pond in the Oasis - Sahara

By Eugene Fromentin

19th Century

Below:

On the Nile

By Eugene Fromentin

19th Century

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, 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?

Are you on the SIMPLY SNICKERS blogroll?

If you participate regularly,

and you would like to be added,

just leave a comment below to ask!

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!

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Portrait of a Lady in Yellow

By Alesso Baldovinetti

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This week, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

adapt

admit

adopt

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Italian Renaissance painter Alesso Baldovinetti, who was born on October 14, 1425.

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

Above:

Nativite

By Alesso Baldovinetti

15^th Century

Below:

The Annunciation

By Alesso Baldovinetti

15^th Century

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, 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?

Are you on the SIMPLY SNICKERS blogroll?

If you participate regularly,

and you would like to be added,

just leave a comment below to ask!

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!

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

In the Circus

By Louis Moilliet

20^th Century

This week, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:

scene

sharp

smile

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Swiss painter Louis Moilliet, who was born on October 6, 1880.

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

Above:

Dorfstrasse in Cully

By Louis Moilliet

1916

Below:

Die Pyramiden von Gizeh

By Louis Moilliet

20^th Century

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, 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?

Are you on the SIMPLY SNICKERS blogroll?

If you participate regularly,

and you would like to be added,

just leave a comment below to ask!

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!