Photo Prompt
In keeping with this month’s theme, we will explore PhotoPlay with baby. Find an old baby photograph, and artfully arrange it among a few items. What do you see through your viewfinder? Consider using creative filters to give your photo an antique finish. Snap a picture and link it in the comments section so we can admire that sweet baby face.
Special thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s photo prompt. Here’s a poem by Karen that captured the rhythmic simplicity and repetitive phrases of the traditional lullaby.
here you are
my sweet, sweet child
sent in love
from up above
this blessed one
my sweet, sweet child
dream a dream
my sweet, sweet child
all of me
prays for you
may angels watch
my sweet, sweet child
close your eyes
my sweet, sweet child
little one
rest for awhile
then ever stay
my sweet, sweet child
—by Karen Mae Zoccoli
Photo by Michael Rhys. Creative Commons License via Flickr. Post by Heather Eure.
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NOTE TO POETS: Looking for your Monday poetry prompt? On Photo Play weeks, it’s right here. Choose a photo from the post and respond with a poem. Leave your poem in the comment box. We’ll be reading. 
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SimplyDarlene says
This is a challenging prompt – instead of capturing a reflection of an idea, we are to set the scene to represent the prompt. It makes me feel a little inside out. My challenge these days is the puppy tackling anything low, including me, as I photograph.
Is it due the end of the week or month?
Thanks.
Heather Eure says
Oh, goodness! I certainly didn’t want to turn you inside out. A photo capturing your puppy in mid-tackle would be adorable, too.
SimplyDarlene says
ah, the challenge is okay. fine, in fact.
when is it due?
thanks, heather!
Donna says
Karen’s lullaby is so soothing and tender… 🙂 Love it.
Karen Mae Zoccoli says
Thanks Donna, so nice of you!
Donna says
:0) This is the only photo I have of my mother with me as a baby… and so I give you my photo play photo and a bit of Haiku.
http://thebrightersideblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/permutations.html
Heather Eure says
The only photo. wow. Thank you so much for sharing this, Donna.
Donna says
Well, it’s the only print – although many of our old images are trapped on slides. My sister and I are on a quest to find ours during my next visit home. 🙂 This prompt was an excellent nudge for us both and has opened some interesting conversations as well. Thank you. :0)
Donna says
hahaha a prompt that’s a nudge… imagine that?!
Richard Maxson says
My website photography section is defunct. So here is a Pinterest link I hope works. I don’t have many photos of me as a child. I arranged this one in a way that would reflect the poem. Hope it works. http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/67/ca/48/67ca48f41abdd5387b926178f590fc84.jpg
Fortress
To that darkness beneath
Autumn after Autumn,
beneath the Elm leaves
pushed to the back of the yard
by winds you knew sufficiently
to name, by small unnoticed breezes,
I came to hear my breathing,
a chamber in a chamber
that magnified me quietly
within its humid fibers,
gave me presence,
like the hungry scuffling of squirrels—
every memory a wound,
each leaf that fell, a touch.
Diana Trautwein says
Remarkable way to show the photo – and a lovely poem. Thank you.
Richard Maxson says
Thank you.
Heather Eure says
Oh my goodness! Richard, I was looking for the photo and thought it was very clever how you had a single, blurred leaf falling to the ground. Once I inspected it more closely, I saw two sweet little eyes. How creative!
The poem is splendid. Thank you for sharing this.
Richard Maxson says
Thanks, Heather.
S. Etole says
There is a nursery rhyme that begins with the lines, “If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.” When my son was born I added the line, “and I would go walking with you by my side.” Those of you who are acquainted with my history will understand. I think this may be my only baby photo. The stuffed horse was a gift from one of my uncles.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45405642@N08/14185673032/
Diana Trautwein says
this link is broken, Susan. :>(
S. Etole says
Diana, would you mind trying again? I think I needed to unlock the link for the public. Thanks.
Diana Trautwein says
It’s lovely, Susan. Thank you. Have you also written a poem to go with it?
S. Etole says
Just the photo, Diana. Words aren’t my strong suit.
Heather Eure says
Wonderful! I’m engrossed in it. Thank you!
SimplyDarlene says
Here’s mine.
http://simplydarlene.com/2014/05/16/your-face-so-sweet/
And Heather, try as I might, I couldn’t get the pup and older dog to wait on the sidelines while I snapped an image in the grass… 😉
Diana Trautwein says
Wonderful, wonderful, Darlene!!
Heather Eure says
Your efforts are tremendous, Darlene! Wow! I especially like the one with the cowboy boot. Thanks so much!