{"id":35802,"date":"2000-06-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2000-06-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35802"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:46:02","slug":"willow-springs-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 46"},"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 46<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">June 2000<\/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-f3409c05\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3d9a40e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MARY QUADE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-165c77f1 gb-headline-text\">Holly Hobby Dolls<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-084be2f9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e5386873 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GERRY LAFEMINA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-749ad607 gb-headline-text\">Night Ending with the Sleep of Drunks and Penitents<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-787ae858\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1d5fd156 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CATHERINE STAPLES<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3bdd0900 gb-headline-text\">Waking<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4ed99267\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c354f5af gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CANDANCE BLACK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-df6434aa gb-headline-text\">Where Blood Collects<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8ae67a00\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-84a7ac67 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>GARY SHORT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8af295a4 gb-headline-text\">Command<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8ec2203f\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1cb297c6 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ALICE DERRY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a30686fd gb-headline-text\">Deposition<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-57a6d6ba\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-067ec8e6 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DAVID DODD LEE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-248eea85 gb-headline-text\">Talking About Snow All Night<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cd2a85a6\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d63bb463 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JONATHAN JOHNSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-014c1be8 gb-headline-text\">Centripetal<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cd13fb69\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3a13f796 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PAULANN PETERSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ec67acae gb-headline-text\">In Her Palm, Perfection<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3cd5b066\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e13b3201 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DAVID RODERICK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-073fd5fa gb-headline-text\">The Curlers at Dusk<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-53af2956\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline 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NURSKE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6ed4ca89 gb-headline-text\">A Night in the Men\u2019s Shelter&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>In the King\u2019s Garden<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-36d1f0cd\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2a07ec90 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>AMY NEWMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-31bf8f9f gb-headline-text\">In the Earliest of Morning<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7c14e164\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c7213b3e gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PHILLIP TOBIN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d20a2699 gb-headline-text\">The Rain Sonata&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b8e9d75f\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1e7fe796 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>WILLIAM KLOEFKORN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1cb1ea81 gb-headline-text\">Instrumental<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-093a70c8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e2a8c995 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JAMES GRABILL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2846fc49 gb-headline-text\">Where Did You Say the Breaking Light Heals?<br>Alive<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d27986ad gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f86d8cd3\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0d5156e4 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>JONATHAN PENNER<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-11727cb9 gb-headline-text\">This Is My Voice<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-78383ae3\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c9bd7eac gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>RICHARD SPILLMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a9d19196 gb-headline-text\">Rain Forest Crunch<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a62fb9d9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-32f42ca8 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>D. J. THIELKE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6132982d gb-headline-text\">Along for the Ride<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44c9967a\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a466c8d4 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>PAGE HODGEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2e186076 gb-headline-text\">Displacement<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-340dcc94 gb-headline-text\">Willow Springs Poetry Award<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f284e98c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ec437e06 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>MICHAEL HOLLISTER<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e5b1fb5c gb-headline-text\">Dog Days, Autumn<br>Scorn<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c3974d48 gb-headline-text\">Willow Springs Fiction Award<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d32df289\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-66e9092b gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong>CHRIS ALLAN MILLER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7bf0d2e1 gb-headline-text\">Mesmerize Me<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-db499ace gb-headline-text\">Essay<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ba2536ba\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a9d3f74c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>YESHO ATIL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-17541989 gb-headline-text\">Shaving Grandmother<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ac2f9000\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c1dc1afc gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ROB TANNER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fa0edc8d gb-headline-text\">Fashionable Upstarts and the Etiquette of Cool<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-31a4ecdb gb-headline-text\">Review<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3dc1fc99\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1db6b73a gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>AIMEE LABRIE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f33f67c8 gb-headline-text\">Clifford\u2019s Blues<\/h6>\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=\"219\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2021\/09\/issue46.gif\" alt=\"Willow Springs 46\" class=\"wp-image-1128\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Willow Springs<\/em>&nbsp;46 features poetry, prose, and translation by Mary Quade, D. 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