In December, our PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry prompts focused on the sounds of the season. Our PhotoPlay gallery (below) is a festive collection of the sounds of your Christmas that has left us wanting more....

For our November PhotoPlay, I challenged you to lie down to gain a different perspective. I appreciated that some of you, like Ann Kroeker (above, top), risked being laughed at by onlookers. Mark Charles (above, middle) showed how perspective can create some truly fascinating images—even with a camera phone....

PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry collaborated again this month, bringing visual beauty and verbal delight together into one rewarding, creative response. Last week, we invited you to capture a conversation with your camera....

This month, PhotoPlay was joined by Random Acts of Poetry for a special colour swirl edition. We start with this beautiful strand of blue, shot by Cindee Snider Re, and the accompanying featured poem, "Blue Riff," one of three Shadorma form riffs by Maureen Doallas: Blue Riff Baby, you had me with your French bleu....