{"id":39260,"date":"2025-04-13T17:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=39260"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:15:48","slug":"willow-springs-issue-no-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-issue-no-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs Issue 96"},"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 96<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Fall 2025<\/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>DAISY BASSEN<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8b0ca58b gb-headline-text\">To the Woman on the Zoom Taking Meat off the Barbecue While We Discuss Proposals<\/p>\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>BRUCE BOND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0d5007bc gb-headline-text\">Clouds<br>Rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-346f7965 gb-headline-text\"><strong>CHELSEA B. 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