{"id":35777,"date":"2005-03-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35777"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:39:59","slug":"willow-springs-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 55"},"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 55<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Spring 2005<\/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-05ea7638\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f1427648 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GEORGE GOTT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a9eaee57 gb-headline-text\">Koyoku #033<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-346472a1\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-57b456a5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/miguel-murphy\/\"><strong>MIGUEL MURPHY<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7189a0bf gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/chico-the-child-eater-by-miguel-murphy\/\">Chico the Child-Eater<\/a><\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-210c8fa2\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3142e867 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>ERICA KEIKO ISERI<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e32db5c5 gb-headline-text\">In the Permafrost Tunnel<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f3409c05\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d9a40e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL HEFFERNAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d426bd2f gb-headline-text\">The Twilight of the Dogs<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-071aaaa4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3ec3270 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>SHANE SEELY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-30673bf7 gb-headline-text\">For a Burial<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b77e108d\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9812fb19 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>J. ELY SHIPLEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-51ef6449 gb-headline-text\">Man at a Bar<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6dd4c6ef\">\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f7a9ff33 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL CLARK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8e72c535 gb-headline-text\">Techniques of Avalance Survival&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f99aca5c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1a97ebb7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOSEPH MILLAR<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-08d6e21c gb-headline-text\">Throne<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44a3d7d8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8724dea3 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MIKE DOCKINS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f447ff6b gb-headline-text\">Spring Equinox<br>Elegy for My God-Damned Free Time<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e72799b6\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c0e85929 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>NICK DEFORD&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d6de82 gb-headline-text\">Hope<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1dc21bc8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ee60d763 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>LOUIS JENKINS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-902a0ac3 gb-headline-text\">Canaries<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-63c333b1\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c4c8b3bf gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOHN W. HORTON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b5f168eb gb-headline-text\">Buffalo Nickels<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-940b69f2\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-397efeed gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>TIMOTHY P. 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Bone<\/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\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-55-a-conversation-with-lan-samantha-chang\/\">LAN SAMANTHA CHANG<\/a><\/strong><\/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 class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2021\/08\/issue55.gif\" alt=\"Willow Springs issue 55\" class=\"wp-image-730\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Willow Springs<\/em>&nbsp;55 features poetry and prose by Jesse Lee Kercheval, Robert Lopez, Michael Heffernan, Miguel Murphy, and more, and an interview with 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