{"id":35531,"date":"2023-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35531"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:25:24","slug":"willow-springs-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 91"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-20480d7d\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0e913d0d\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-678e88ff\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a110a6a5\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a110a6a5\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-91f67aad gb-headline-text\">Willow Springs 91<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Winter 2023<\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-726d3561\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d4c309d1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-01d77f0e\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-cc64d6f0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cc64d6f0\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c4cd79db gb-headline-text\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8294828f\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-467df209 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>EMMA AYLOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f2c2c14f gb-headline-text\">Self-Portrait as Miniature with Mica Overlays<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c69d34a5\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-dba06292 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>BRUCE BOND<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-466b7d35 gb-headline-text\"><em>in conversation with David Keplinger<\/em><br>Note Left at the Far End of the Street<br>Note Left in an Echo of the Note Before<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-23af4dff\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4de39c3d gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>KERRY JAMES EVANS<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b1f6e6d1 gb-headline-text\">Casserole Island<br>Mississippi Snow<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-878a2acf\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0d5c1ae8 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>RAY GONZALEZ<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-50e0a4cc gb-headline-text\">La Frontera<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-89986ea3\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-baa0b1d0 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>HENRIETTA GOODMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-341621fb gb-headline-text\">The Repetitive Bird<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f18eeb66\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8fb26b06 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>HEIKKI HUOTARI<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2ef27d2e gb-headline-text\">How the Mayfly Got Its Megaphone 2<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a7e8484\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-77c2a86c gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>JENNY IRISH<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-00bc221d gb-headline-text\">Lupine in Jardin des Plantes<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bb8222a7\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ff01f51b gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>DAVID KEPLINGER<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bbf14d8b gb-headline-text\">in conversation with Bruce Bond<br>Note Left on the Back of an Antique Mirror<br>Note Left in the Hubble Telescope, 1990&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b5ffb6ed\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-02aa41cf gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>REBECCA LILLY<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e38acf5c gb-headline-text\">Lights Out<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-553daae7\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a6a88bd9 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>JULIA MCDANIEL<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-aa25bdc4 gb-headline-text\">On a Walk with My Beloved, We Pass a Gingko<br>Eulogy for a Summer Evening<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0a776f79\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-295d0295 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>SANDRA MCPHERSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5f607b1e gb-headline-text\">The Minerals We Are Made of Are Beautiful<br>Dental Music<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-be266178\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-74c456d4 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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Seaquake<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f18edd8d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-eda28b5b gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-91-adam-scheffler\/\"><strong>ADAM SCHEFFLER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-029f7951 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/advice-from-a-dog-by-adam-scheffler\/\">Advice from a Dog<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-adb5c044\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4335aabb gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>RICHARD SPILMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-91c7b13e gb-headline-text\">Island of the Beginning and the End<br>Tennis with Gulls&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9df8688f\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-edbf29ab gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>KAREEM TAYYAR<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0c2a3998 gb-headline-text\">Request<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7a7144fd\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0ab5c38d gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>MARC VINCENZ<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-53c495e9 gb-headline-text\">Fire Tattoo<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1a02c053\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3063cdd gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-91-randall-watson\/\"><strong>RANDALL WATSON<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-278a51fe gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/three-poems-by-randall-watson\/\">The Future of Nostalgia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/three-poems-by-randall-watson\/\">Little League&nbsp;<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/three-poems-by-randall-watson\/\">Losing the Self<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a047a8c8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b3bf8e7c gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>J. P. WHITE<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0fc36beb gb-headline-text\">Fig &amp; Elephant<br>Directions in the Northeast Kingdom to a Stand of Wild Apple Trees<br>There\u2019s a Problem in the Third Act<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9b09f16f gb-headline-text\">Poetry in Translation<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cee756a9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e8379bb9 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>ANZHELINA POLONSKAYA&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong>TRANSLATED BY<strong>&nbsp;ANDREW WACHTEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-31674ca8 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/war-poem-translated-by-andrew-wachtel\/\">\u0421\u0442\u0438\u0445\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u044b<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/war-poem-translated-by-andrew-wachtel\/\">War Poem<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-32c545dc gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ccaa3856\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-52becd79 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>PAUL FARWELL<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e944532f gb-headline-text\">Meet Me at the Alacaster<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4c009c94\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ae8c4cab gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>GARY FINCKE<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-41481c0c gb-headline-text\">From the Heart<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d232953d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4ce1d280 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-91-madison-jozefiak\/\">MADISON JOZEFIAK<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9a77b866 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/a-tour-of-the-mural-at-the-merari-public-library-by-madison-jozefiak\/\">A Tour of the Mural at the Merari Public Library<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-db7a73fd\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2ab90be3 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-91-jeffrey-higa\/\">JEFFREY J. HIGA<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c61fff93 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/the-boy-the-carpenter-and-the-risen-by-jeffrey-j-higa\/\">The Boy, the Carpenter, and the Risen<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-298c3851\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3c0c9708 gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong>BEN MILLER<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fa47407a gb-headline-text\">A Slush Lover\u2019s Homily<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-059f82a4 gb-headline-text\">Nonfiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7012cab3\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c89e002f gb-headline-text\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space-collapse: collapse;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0.2; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><strong><strong>CAROLINE CHAVATEL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0ccec936 gb-headline-text\">American Museum<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-519a9e19 gb-headline-text\">Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4d026dc9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c198609a gb-headline-text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=4345\">BRANDON HOBSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-496a3297\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-496a3297\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Willow Springs 91\" class=\"wp-image-4191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2023\/02\/JPG-Issue-Cover-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-97c51177 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><em>Willow Springs<\/em>&nbsp;91 features prose and poetry from Bruce Bond, David Keplinger, and more. 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