Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 28, 2010

 Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, March 28, 2010

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Self-Portrait with Sunflower

By Sir Anthony Van Dyke

circa 1633

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

gold

guest

guide

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 Flemish painter Sir Anthony Van Dyke, who was born on March 22, 1599.

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

Above:

Portrait of Königin Henrietta Maria

By Sir Anthony Van Dyke

1633

Below:

Children of King Charles I

By Sir Anthony Van Dyke

1635

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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