The classic ode. A loving tribute to what stirs the heart. There is something about home that bestows a sense of peace, comfort, and belonging. Home sustains us. Walk through the door after a long day and inhale. It smells familiar, like a favorite sweater.
Photo Prompt:
Take a photograph a cherished spot in your home, during your favorite time of day. Is it a whisper to a secret place, or an arms-open-wide, laughing welcome to all who gather? Capture the space from an unexpected angle.
Share your Ode to Home with us. Post your photo play on your blog, Flickr, or Pinterest account, and leave the link in a comment on this post. Some photos will be chosen for feature at Tweetspeak Poetry and all will be posted on our Pinterest Photo Play board. Deadline for submissions is this Thursday. See you back here soon!
Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s poetry prompt. Here is a poem from Nancy that reminds us of home and the pleasures of eating cereal (which may or may not be for the kids):
Oh Captain, my captain;
Skipper of cereal crunch
—by Nancy Franson
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Featured photo by Brian Boucheron. Post by Heather Eure.
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Donna says
Nancy!! Love that! :0)
SimplyDarlene says
What a challenge
“home” is –
so many
doors, hallways
windows, angles;
vantages
cannot be
camera
captured because
I’ve yet
to find an inner
heart
exploratory
lens that snaps
clear.
By the way, did you read the photog’s note (on Flickr) regarding that egg images? It’s pure poetry if you ask me.
Heather Eure says
Oooooh, thought provoking! Thanks, Darlene. 🙂
S. Etole says
Adding this to the Photo Prompt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45405642@N08/sets/72157642170927943/
Will Willingham says
Susan, these are beautiful. I’m especially captured by the lace peeking out of the drawer and the last one, the fabric (is it a throw?) on the floor.
S. Etole says
It’s a runner on the kitchen table that I rumpled to catch the soft morning light.
Heather Eure says
I was able to see one photo– the window sheer. Which is very nice. Are there more?
S. Etole says
There are seven photos in the set.
Heather Eure says
I see them now! They are really good. The drawer with lace has a lovely warmth about it. Inviting. The cat also makes me want to curl up and take a nap. Great photos.
L.L. Barkat says
Nancy, such a fun poem. Writing poetry. Look at you 🙂
Sandra Heska King says
Bravo, Nancy!
Carol J. Garvin says
Here’s what my photo prompted, with its Flickr link below:
Voices mingle in filtered shadows
Echoes of laughter and tears
Meals shared
Hearts bared
Hints of a food-laden table
Where family and faith meet
In sun-dappled love
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69253724@N00/sets/72157642206506045/
Sandra Heska King says
Squeee, Carol! I especially love the filtered shadows and sun-dappled love.
S. Etole says
Feeling and seeing the love in this.
Heather Eure says
Oh, I like this very much. Such a nice photo. A lovely narrative in poem and picture. Thanks, Carol!
Monica Sharman says
Very fun. And I was able to do it even on a blizzardy day. 🙂
Set on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monica-sharman/sets/72157642217850513/
Heather Eure says
Very nice! I’d love to hear about your favorite spaces in your photographic ode.
Lorretta says
My photo offering can be found here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/6685099421479055/
Elizabeth W. Marshall says
Loretta,
It make my heart flip flop sideways happy to see you here. Oh joy. And I skipped over to see your wonderful photograph. Love the color, the light and I too have a “thing” for glass. Amazing. Welcome here, friend.
Heather Eure says
So cheerful! Brightens up the dreary days, doesn’t it? Thanks, Loretta. 🙂
SimplyDarlene says
Here’s mine:
http://simplydarlene.com/2014/03/12/our-scattered-matters/
Heather Eure says
Darlene, I was hoping someone might express the more complicated side to the meaning of home. This is good.
Richard Maxson says
Here is prompt and poem, actually inspired by my early years in LA at the early years of the Oxford Theater, where many nights I slept on a pile of theater curtains (actually very comfortable).
http://theimaginedjay.com/?page_id=545
http://theimaginedjay.com/?p=152
Richard Maxson says
I didn’t do the photo link correctly. This may be more direct.
http://theimaginedjay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Harmony.jpg
Monica Sharman says
Wowza, Richard! This is fantastic!
Heather Eure says
I love what you’ve captured here, Richard.
Donna says
Oh wow, Richard. The light is wonderful! The wood grain and flaming… and the pick marks on the guard. So nice!
Patricia @ Pollywog Creek says
This wasn’t an easy prompt to consider. For one thing, my favorite time of day is early morning – very early morning before there’s much, if any daylight. And because I don’t use flash, it’s a difficult time of day for me to be taking photos. Secondly, it was impossible for me to consider just one space out of the whole. For me, what whispers “home” is the people I share home with – whether it’s the ladies who gather here for Bible study Wednesday mornings, the grandlittles who call me “mimi, my daughter who still lives at home, or the man I love and have shared multiple spaces with over the 3+ decades we’ve been married. My photos for this prompt include a mason jar of azaleas on the kitchen counter, a bucket of baby/toddler toys, and my husband’s hand as he helps me in the kitchen. These photos are in my “Tweetspeak Poetry Photo Prompt” board on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/patriciawhunter/tweetspeak-poetry-photo-prompts/
Heather Eure says
Patricia, I think you considered it very well. Home isn’t always a ‘what,’ but a ‘who.’ There’s no wrong answers. I like your photos very much. Especially the one with your husband’s hand. It says home.
Donna says
I’m a week late, but here I am anyway. 🙂
With a photo,
and a poem… on my blog
http://thebrightersideblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/groundlessly-gone.html