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Photo Prompts: Baby Face Photo Play

By Heather Eure 24 Comments

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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Heather Eure
Heather Eure
Heather Eure has served as the Poetry Editor for the late Burnside Collective and Special Projects Editor for us at Tweetspeak Poetry. Her poems have appeared at Every Day Poems. Her wit has appeared just about everywhere she's ever showed up, and if you're lucky you were there to hear it.
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  1. SimplyDarlene says

    May 13, 2014 at 9:44 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Heather Eure says

      May 13, 2014 at 11:05 pm

      Oh, goodness! I certainly didn’t want to turn you inside out. A photo capturing your puppy in mid-tackle would be adorable, too.

      Reply
      • SimplyDarlene says

        May 14, 2014 at 11:01 am

        ah, the challenge is okay. fine, in fact.

        when is it due?

        thanks, heather!

        Reply
  2. Donna says

    May 13, 2014 at 4:09 pm

    Karen’s lullaby is so soothing and tender… 🙂 Love it.

    Reply
    • Karen Mae Zoccoli says

      May 16, 2014 at 4:04 pm

      Thanks Donna, so nice of you!

      Reply
  3. Donna says

    May 13, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    :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

    Reply
    • Heather Eure says

      May 13, 2014 at 11:13 pm

      The only photo. wow. Thank you so much for sharing this, Donna.

      Reply
      • Donna says

        May 16, 2014 at 11:56 am

        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)

        Reply
        • Donna says

          May 16, 2014 at 11:57 am

          hahaha a prompt that’s a nudge… imagine that?!

          Reply
  4. Richard Maxson says

    May 14, 2014 at 10:13 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Diana Trautwein says

      May 17, 2014 at 11:51 am

      Remarkable way to show the photo – and a lovely poem. Thank you.

      Reply
      • Richard Maxson says

        May 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm

        Thank you.

        Reply
    • Heather Eure says

      May 18, 2014 at 1:04 am

      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.

      Reply
      • Richard Maxson says

        May 18, 2014 at 9:38 pm

        Thanks, Heather.

        Reply
  5. S. Etole says

    May 14, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    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/

    Reply
    • Diana Trautwein says

      May 17, 2014 at 11:52 am

      this link is broken, Susan. :>(

      Reply
      • S. Etole says

        May 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm

        Diana, would you mind trying again? I think I needed to unlock the link for the public. Thanks.

        Reply
        • Diana Trautwein says

          May 17, 2014 at 5:28 pm

          It’s lovely, Susan. Thank you. Have you also written a poem to go with it?

          Reply
          • S. Etole says

            May 17, 2014 at 9:45 pm

            Just the photo, Diana. Words aren’t my strong suit.

    • Heather Eure says

      May 18, 2014 at 12:49 am

      Wonderful! I’m engrossed in it. Thank you!

      Reply
  6. SimplyDarlene says

    May 16, 2014 at 11:44 am

    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… 😉

    Reply
    • Diana Trautwein says

      May 17, 2014 at 11:54 am

      Wonderful, wonderful, Darlene!!

      Reply
    • Heather Eure says

      May 18, 2014 at 12:53 am

      Your efforts are tremendous, Darlene! Wow! I especially like the one with the cowboy boot. Thanks so much!

      Reply

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