Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 7, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 7, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

La Petite Reveuse

By Jean-Francois Gilles Colson

18^th Century

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

seam (or seem)

secret

snooze

sweet

Use all of these words, or as many as you can, in your own original poem this week.

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French painter Jean-Francois Gilles Colson, who was born on March 2, 1733.

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

Above:

A Sleeping Girl

By Jean-Francois Gilles Colson

18^th Century

Below:

Portrait - Marquis de La Tour en Woevre

By Jean-Francois Gilles Colson

18^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?

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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!

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, February 28, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, February 28, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Der Kanzler Séguier beim Einzug Ludwigs XIV

By Charles le Brun

circa 1670

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

raise

rise

rouse

This week, we celebrate the birthday of French painter Charles le Brun, who was born on February 24, 1619.

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

Above:

Trois Têtes d'Hommes en Telation avec le Lion

By Charles le Brun

1671

Below:

Portrait of King Louis XIV

By Charles le Brun

1668

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, February 21, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Crows Perching on Trees

By Charles-Francois Daubigny

1873

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

crow

glow

stow

This week, we celebrate the birthday of Charles-Francois Daubigny, who was born on February 15, 1817.

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

Above:

Moonlight on Water

By Charles-Francois Daubigny

1860s

Below:

Near Andresy

By Charles-Francois Daubigny

1872

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, February 14, 2010

Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, February 14, 2010

Welcome to SIMPLY SNICKERS.

Running with Black Panther and White Doves

By Mary Lovelace O’Neil

21^st Century

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

blues

choose

hues

This week, we celebrate the birthday of American painter Mary Lovelace O’Neil, who was born on February 10, 1942.

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

Above:

Meaningless Ritual

By Mary Lovelace O’Neil

21^st Century

Below:

Tillie, Lassie and the Don III D

By Mary Lovelace O’Neil

21^st 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!