Poetry Prompt - through Sunday, August 9, 2009
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Gloucester Harbor
By John Henry Twachtman
1900
This week, for Sunday, August 9th, our SIMPLY SNICKERS poetry prompt includes these key words:
scene (or seen)
span
stare (or stair)
This week, we celebrate the birthday of American Impressionist painter John Henry Twachtman, who was born on August 4, 1853. To honor this artist SIMPLY SNICKERS offers samples of this artist’s work to accompany this week’s prompt.
Above:
Summer
By John Henry Twachtman
c1898
Below:
The White Bridge
By John Henry Twachtman
c1885
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 by Sunday, August 9th, and leave a comment with a link to your post, once you have published your poem on your own blog.
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