{"id":35859,"date":"1990-01-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"1990-01-01T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=35859"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:54:03","slug":"willow-springs-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs 25"},"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 25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Winter 1990<\/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>MARGARET AHO<\/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\">Seeing Eye to Eye With My Father<br>Handless Maiden and Child<\/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>DICK BAKKEN<\/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\">The Hugh High Engines Unheard<\/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>MICHAEL BURKARD<\/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\">House by the Sea<br>A Kind of Ink against the Twilight<\/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>E.G BURROWS<\/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\">Oresteia<\/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>PATRICIA COVEY<\/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\">Ghost Story<\/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>BARBRA CULLEY<\/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\">Once You\u2019ve Collected Your Selves Like Books About You<br>Hatfield Apts.<\/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>RUSSEL EDSON<\/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\">The Enchantment<br>The House Frog<br>The While Awaying<\/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>ROGER FINCH<\/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\">One Sunday in Velvet<\/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>AARON FISCHER<\/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\">Hansel in Recovery<\/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>CECILIA HAGEN<\/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\">Maneuvers<br>The Way Out of the Fly Bottle<\/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>JACQUELINE HARTWICH<\/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\">The Song of a Bird on a Gravel Shore<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7d6d47a5\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bcc41c88 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>NANCY JOHNSON<\/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-cdeb4865 gb-headline-text\">To a White Crow<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3ae76063\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-69111802 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>MARTHA MCFERREN<\/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-d51c395a gb-headline-text\">Story Lady<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-948518ba\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2ab7d9b0 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JACK MYERS<\/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-7ce9c9b5 gb-headline-text\">Attack of the Killer Power Tools<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a1dd2e72\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d323bcd7 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>AMY PENCE<\/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-1b9a7ba6 gb-headline-text\">The Bowl<br>One Shallow in the Body<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3fdefc3a\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0ecc2c13 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JUDITH ROCHE<\/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-45438618 gb-headline-text\">Alternate Insomnia<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-31c98765\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1aae6af2 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JEFF SCHIFF<\/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-840bc246 gb-headline-text\">The Move<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84934f2c\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7f40c9ed gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>JEFF STOCKWELL<\/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-a235214b gb-headline-text\">The Blackout<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c39b3730\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3caf7c5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DAVID SWERDLOW<\/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-0fb555b9 gb-headline-text\">Breathing<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-912a5649\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d14b8917 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ARTHUR VOGELSANG<\/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-fb532e43 gb-headline-text\">Drifters<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e1ca9462\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d77c2e17 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>NANCE VAN WINCKEL<\/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-6f15ca82 gb-headline-text\">Nothing To Do In Town<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a43854de gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-63eba934\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-eee2270c gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DEIRDRA MCAFEE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-05d1159f gb-headline-text\">At The Time of Exposure<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-da237ff4 gb-headline-text\">Essay<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6cd02f32\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-313d0494 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>DONALD REVELL<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7f08a2dc gb-headline-text\">\u201cAbsences\u201d: The Oz and Sheol of James Tate<\/h6>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a0bae778 gb-headline-text\">Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9fc3d3d4\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-21708807 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong>RUBEN TRJO<\/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=\"341\" 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