“Vipassana” by Steve Wilson

After Albert Winslow Barker’s Untitled (Tree on Rocks)

Albert Winslow Barker, Untitled (Trees on Rocks), n.d., etching on paper, 3 15/16 x 2 7/8 in. Acquired by Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.

aspens

      at nightfall – white

fissures of

light –

         fade

    to shadow:

  thought

    hushed within

distance

Steve Wilson’s poetry has appeared in journals nationwide; in many anthologies; as well as in four collections, the most recent entitled Lose to Find. He teaches at Texas State University, and can be reached at sw13@txstate.edu