Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 31, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, January 31, 2010

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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.

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