A book is like a photograph,

stilling life eternal,

in page preserved,

through written word,

captured truths—but kernels… With long-range lens,

and shutter speeds,

the sum of facts collective,

of angle chosen,

& moment frozen,

is viewpoint that’s subjective.

Telescopes & microscopes

Kaleid in scopes mosaic,

dynamic mix,

of words that click,

that magnifies prosaic.

Like Polaroids,

of time gone by,

cut & paste to montage…

The focus rests,

with authoress,

who captions ink collage.

©Karen Robiscoe

Note: I crashed a “creative non-fiction writing” class at our beautimous SBCC–a top-rated junior college here in SB (it isn’t in SD!) and am positively entranced with the definition of what constitutes “creative non-fiction”. Memoirs…essays….all subject to that fickle beast o’ memory & perception, it is really a broad term. Anyway. It inspired this ditty…which is, BTWs, absolutely true….:)