"The Kodak Camera"
It begins with an anagram—
What will Eastman name his invention?
At a card table, he shuffles
letters with his mother. Give me a strong letter,
a K, Eastman mutters, like the click
of the camera. They pick up an O, the shape
of fog clearing over the tip of Yosemite
as Ansel Adams takes his best shot.
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Excerpt from Shannon K. Winston, "The Kodak Camera" (A-Minor Magazine, September 2025)
Full poem available here:
https://aminormagazine.com/2025/09/28/the-kodak-camera/