{"id":35850,"date":"1991-03-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"1991-03-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35850"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:53:19","slug":"willow-springs-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 27"},"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 27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Winter 1991<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL ATKINSON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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\">Teaching Pigs to Pray<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ANGELA BALL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-7189a0bf gb-headline-text\">Keats in Rome<br>A New Exile Talks of His Country<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MICHAEL CADNUM<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-e32db5c5 gb-headline-text\">Web<br>Nine-Month Drought<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CHRISTOPHER DAVIS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-d426bd2f gb-headline-text\">In Effigy<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DIANE GLANCY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-30673bf7 gb-headline-text\">Hard to Give Up<br>An Anchor in the Basis of the Mind<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CHRISTOPHER HOWELL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-51ef6449 gb-headline-text\">Refusing to Rhyme<br>Everyday Dramatics: An Historical Tale&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Out of the Body<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ROLF JACOBSEN&nbsp;<\/strong>(translated by&nbsp;<strong>ROBERT HEDIN<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8e72c535 gb-headline-text\">Antenna-Forest<br>Aviation<br>The May Moon<br>Metro<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JOANNE LOWERY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-08d6e21c gb-headline-text\">Once I Thought of Rain Twice<br>I Imagine a Lady<br>It\u2019s Obvious<\/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><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>SHU TING<\/strong>&nbsp;(translated by&nbsp;<strong>CAROLYN KIZER<\/strong>)<\/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-c3d6de82 gb-headline-text\">It\u2019s Obvious<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ea37244a\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3760c4c7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JUDITH SKILLMAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-67248766 gb-headline-text\">Under Zeus<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6bbb4855\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d9721296 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>WILLIAM STAFFORD<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-cff4f53d gb-headline-text\">A Proposition<br>Influential Writers<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0d7736c4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-605c2f13 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DABNEY STUART<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-08dc831f gb-headline-text\">Holding My Own<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3494dd5 gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c369b920\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5c293bc5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ANDY CROCKETT<\/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-99beba89 gb-headline-text\">The Long Pose<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9fc3d3d4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-21708807 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>CHRIS OFFUTT<\/strong><\/strong><\/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-cfef9c5c gb-headline-text\">Horseweed<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a0bae778 gb-headline-text\">Essay<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-edfead88\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0daf8016 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>TOM HANSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-26b7dd61 gb-headline-text\">The New Old Imagination<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-09788229 gb-headline-text\">Art<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-814a3809\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ac2815f7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>NAN PFEIFFER-TOWNER<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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=\"220\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/332\/2021\/09\/issue27.jpg\" alt=\"Willow Springs 27\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" 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