{"id":35808,"date":"1999-01-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"1999-01-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35808"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:46:57","slug":"willow-springs-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 43"},"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 43<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">January 1999<\/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-3b8ab3d5 gb-headline-text\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cfac49ba\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8f6e93cd gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CAROLYN KOO<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-62c063e9 gb-headline-text\">Rough Breathing Grave, Smooth Breathing Grave&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Sight Reading<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>VERN RUTSALA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7189a0bf gb-headline-text\">What We Owe<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DC BERRY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e32db5c5 gb-headline-text\">Tug of War With a Fence<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DONALD JUNKINS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d426bd2f gb-headline-text\">Finding Melville\u2019s Grave<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ROBERT GREGORY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-30673bf7 gb-headline-text\">Interstate <br>This is How<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOHN KULM<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-51ef6449 gb-headline-text\">Farm Town<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PETER PEREIRA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8e72c535 gb-headline-text\">Crossing the Pear<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MOLLY TENENBAUM<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-08d6e21c gb-headline-text\">Honor Thy Livelong Toaster<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-44a3d7d8\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline 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