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Leaving San Francisco Bay - Photo by Barbara Applegate
Land's End
by Alan Brewer
San Francisco, Thanksgiving 2004
A half-moon and necklace of stars
shimmer above the Bridge as I walk the greens of a golf course at Land’s End, buffeted by winds cleaving the vortex where the Golden Gate enters the sea. My feet hover above the ground as I grow roots in the earth; I rise to the vertex, lighter than air, clear and hard as diamond. I lift my arms through tides of air toward the half-born moon, praying, “Thank you God,” though I know no god and know no prayer, blessing every particle of creation. I feel sanctified and full, could die this moment in peace, knowing it would be forever. |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan Brewer has lived in San Francisco for 45 years and been an OLLI at SF State member for over a decade. He has a BA from Northwestern University and an MA in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. He has had many different jobs, from house painter to alcohol/drug rehab counselor to legal secretary. He has been writing poetry for over 40 years, has written feature articles for The Richmond Review and The Sunset Beacon. For the last 15 years, he has written mostly memoir. He has trekked in Nepal (Annapurna, later Everest), sailed as passenger/crew member on an 18th Century square-rigger in French Polynesia, and has traveled to all continents except Australia and Antarctica.
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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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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University (OLLI at SF State) provides communal and material support to the Vistas & Byways volunteer staff.
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