Vistas & Byways Review - Fall 2022
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    • Fiction
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Inside OLLI
    • Photo Essays
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTRIBUTORS & WORKS
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​POETRY  -  
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A Forest of Dreams    -    Photo by Weebly.com                                    

Title of Poem
by Author Name

​I have slept in the forest of my dreams,
cheek pressed against the earth
like a lover or child.
My skin has borne the primal mark of leaves,
and my memory, the dark smell of mushrooms sprouting.
 
I have heard small creatures scramble
through tree roots,
watched ants stagger under enormous burdens.
 
I have tasted water flashing off rocks
and chased it down the riverbed.
I have shivered in green air at dusk,
inhaled the nighttime promise
of death, transmutation, rebirth.
 
In the unexpected moments--
when we stoop to hoist the laundry
or stand shuffling in the grocery line--
the places we leave the imprint of our bodies
remember us, send a message:
 
Come back to this haven,
where joy is carved in the heart
and desire is home.

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the guidelines call for the bio to be no more than 120 words.  
Other pieces in this Issue:  
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Vistas & Byways Review is the semiannual journal of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by members of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at San Francisco State University​.​
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  • PREVIEW
  • CONTENTS
    • Fiction
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Inside OLLI
    • Photo Essays
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTRIBUTORS & WORKS
  • SUBMISSIONS
  • ARCHIVES
    • Spring 2022
    • Fall 2021
    • Spring 2021
    • Fall 2020
    • Spring 2020
    • Fall 2019
    • Spring 2019
    • Fall 2018
    • Spring 2018
    • Fall 2017
    • Spring 2016
    • Fall 2015