{"id":35608,"date":"2012-03-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35608"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:48:49","slug":"willow-springs-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 69"},"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 69<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Spring 2012<\/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-6212cb65\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ec206e6e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>LAURI ANDERSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5f9a3886 gb-headline-text\">On His Latest Dive, My Husband Catches a Humboldt Squid On Camera<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-090e1a90\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4e7ddcfc gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MARY LOU BUSCHI<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-03b6e389 gb-headline-text\">The Physics of Falling<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-88d095e4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6b314a8e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>S. WHITNEY HOLMES<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b12b0d02 gb-headline-text\">Quantum Leap<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4107d112\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-cf4c59ed gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ADAM HOULE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f175aacc gb-headline-text\">To the Bed Bug<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e1a37e91\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e1568a84 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/austin-lagrone\/\"><strong>AUSTIN LAGRONE<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-536d534f gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/two-poems-by-austin-lagrone\/\">Tableau with Rockets Redglare<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/two-poems-by-austin-lagrone\/\">Foreseeable<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4bd95d6a\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-90e8c91c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOSEPH MILLAR<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-01e5d330 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/two-poems-by-austin-lagrone\/\">Day of the Dead<\/a><br>Nativity<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d3562264\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d444038c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CARL PHILLIPS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-281dd9b8 gb-headline-text\">And It Begins Like This<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-55f313b1\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bc635b19 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-69-kathlene-postma\/\"><strong>KATHLENE POSTMA<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d7f66d66 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/he-was-a-hell-of-a-cat-by-kathlene-postma\/\">He Was A Hell of A Cat<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-98c8da36\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2378a32a gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>STEVE PRICE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-23be8acb gb-headline-text\">Bravissimo<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c0b83c65\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-81308741 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PAISLEY REKDA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-772ea323 gb-headline-text\">W.C. 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href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/sin-tra-la-by-diane-lefer-2\/\">Sin-Tra-La!<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e355a9b9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-92492b03 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SCOTT OAK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c69f86b2 gb-headline-text\">The Fluency of Dreams<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8e37133e\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8dc1531d gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ERIC SCOT TRYON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-dcce381d gb-headline-text\">Monopoly Money<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a7102618\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-69989151 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LEAVITT<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-01617a93 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/show-off-by-melissa-leavitt\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36329\">Show Off<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-69-a-conversation-with-matthew-dickman\/\"><strong>MATTHEW DICKMAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-69-a-conversation-with-robert-lopez\/\"><strong>ROBERT LOPEZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\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 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