Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, February 7, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, February 7, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

The Nearest Way in Summer-Time

By Thomas Creswick

1854

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

request

rest (or wrest)

rocky

This week, we celebrate the birthday of British landscape painter Thomas Creswick, who was born on February 5, 1811.

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

Above:

A Pedlar’s Visit

By Thomas Creswick

19^th Century

Below:

The Old Mill

By Thomas Creswick
19^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?

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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.

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Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 31, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 31, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Femme-Parisienne

By Kees van Dongen

1927

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

wait

watch

willful

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Dutch Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen, who was born on January 26, 1877. (Kees van Dongen’s full name was Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen.)

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

Above:

Meeting in the Woods

By Kees van Dongen

circa 1950

Below:

Au Beaux Temps de la Butte

By Kees van Dongen

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

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!

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 24, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 24, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Portrait of Charles Trelawny, Esq.,

Master of the Dartmoor Hunt

By Sir Francis Grant

19^th Century

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

select

spot

snort

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Scottish painter and portrait artist Sir Francis Grant, who was born on January 18, 1803.

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

Above:

Head of a Horse

By Sir Francis Grant

19^th Century

Below:

The Council of the Royal Academy

Selecting Pictures for the Exhibition

By Sir Francis Grant

19^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

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!

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 17, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 17, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Les Petits Tambours

By Pierre Edouard Frere

1858 and 1859

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

taste

tend

trail

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French painter Pierre Edouard Frere, who was born on January 10, 1819.

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

Above:

A Little Bit of Fun

By Pierre Edouard Frere

1860

Below:

The Young Cook

By Pierre Edouard Frere

19^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

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, January 10, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 10, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

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

linger

look

love

This week, we celebrate the birthday of American children’s book author and illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund, who was born on January 3, 1926.

To honor this artist, SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt. Scattered throughout this blog entry, you will find various book covers from this artist and author.

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

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!