{"id":35624,"date":"2009-09-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35624"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T02:51:05","slug":"willow-springs-64-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-64-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 64"},"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 64<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Fall&nbsp;2009<\/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-2a437557\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d72c98eb gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CLAY MATTHEWS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-39266ba0 gb-headline-text\">Homeowner&#8217;s Insurance<br>Job Talk<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-39fde621\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6d188b62 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/john-hodgen\/\"><strong>JOHN HODGEN<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e6f2f601 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/witness-by-john-hodgen\/\">Witness<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ccd6c697\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3a7aeb37 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/todd-boss\/\"><strong>TODD BOSS<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4cd64d8c gb-headline-text\">Still We Like to Imagine<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dfbcfb95\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bd0ceaf7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>RAY AMOROSI<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3616df4a gb-headline-text\">In the Fog in Massachusetts<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2eecdb3d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-54e1e4ae gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>STEPHANIE LENOX<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-86f30d7a gb-headline-text\">Strategic Plan for Mortals<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44cc73d5\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d1ddfe48 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SUSAN J. ALLSPAW<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1cdae4b6 gb-headline-text\">Crown of Bedrest<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-54592318\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-312e4c70 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/denver-butson\/\"><strong>DENVER BUTSON<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0f7fd051 gb-headline-text\">drowning ghazal [I am absent]&nbsp;<br>drowning ghazal [then to return]<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1d0b6092\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3ebfbeb5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JEREMY VOIGT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-72de340f gb-headline-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; 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