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Liegende auf Diwan
By Max Pechstein
Circa 1910
This week, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:
stalk
stare
streak
This week, we celebrate the birthday of German Expressionist painter Max Pechstein, who was born on December 31, 1881.
To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.
Above:
Kornfield
By Max Pechstein
1922
Below:
Gehöft IV
By Max Pechstein
1918
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I'm putting mine up right now. I am accompanying it with some photos I found on the internet, because they identify better with the poem than the paintings. :)
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ReplyDeleteI got really stuck on the "stalk" part of the prompt, & rambled a bit about my stalker haha...
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ReplyDelete'm new at this. I don't normally write poetry and I've never contributed to a meme before, but this one looks interesting and I like things that make me think! So here goes...my blog:
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Okay, I'm going to try again with the link. This is new to me, so here's hoping it works this time! Maybe the third time is the charm. Here's the link: my limerick
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