by Lindsey Royal Wayland

The mason is stacking stone
whether or not the philosopher thinks
about the stone wall,
whether or not the stone
thinks at all.

Lindsey Royal Wayland is a poet, calligrapher, and researcher with an MFA in poetry from Pacific University. A finalist for the 2024 New Letters Literary Awards, her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Southern Humanities Review, Bellevue Literary Review, swamp pink, Amsterdam Review, the Haiku Society of America, and others. A native Texan, she lives with her husband and three children on the Salish Sea. Find her online at lindseywayland.com.