{"id":39604,"date":"2026-04-24T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/?p=39604"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:58:27","slug":"willow-springs-issue-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/willow-springs-issue-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Springs Issue 97"},"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 97<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-07a4c41c gb-headline-text\">Spring 2026<\/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>GRACE BAUER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8b0ca58b gb-headline-text\">Against Aphorisms<\/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>ROY BENTLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0d5007bc gb-headline-text\">The Drudgery of Living in Italics<br>Forgive Us Our Trespasses<br>Whatever Wilderness Contained There and Whatever Beasts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-346f7965 gb-headline-text\"><strong>BRIAN BUILTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-22724dc9 gb-headline-text\">Battered Love Poem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-729b7777 gb-headline-text\"><strong>DANTE DI STEFANO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9fba5897 gb-headline-text\">Dear Faisal<br>Unhappy National Poetry Month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a4887706 gb-headline-text\"><strong>CAL FREEMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f8a354e6 gb-headline-text\">A Gold Wing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7a05281d gb-headline-text\"><strong>JOHN GLOWNEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b074545f gb-headline-text\">Smoking with the Old Communists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-04718db4 gb-headline-text\"><strong>JESSE GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2e0c99ef gb-headline-text\">Night Owl&#8217;s Lament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline 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SILCOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d253009c gb-headline-text\">High &amp; Dry<br>The Key<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-786d5d5b gb-headline-text\"><strong>LINA STOYANOVICH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0dc517c0 gb-headline-text\">Antarctica, pt. 2<br>Dally<br>Me &amp; Emily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-781f1636 gb-headline-text\"><strong>J. 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WHITE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-64bf3275 gb-headline-text\">Sub Rosa Inspection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-114673d4 gb-headline-text\"><strong>SUNNI BROWN WILKINSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5d589698 gb-headline-text\">Like Mink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1c2ae710 gb-headline-text\"><strong>MELODY WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d4f6a4ff gb-headline-text\">Imperfect Vessels<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d0261280 gb-headline-text\">Surrealist Prize Winner<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9971d79b\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-cd7599a5 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/willowspringsmagazine\/issue-97-wasima-khan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39521\">WASIMA 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Man<br>Prison<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e55e395c gb-headline-text\"><strong>ZUO YOU (\u5de6\u53f3)<br>TRANSLATED BY YI ZHE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6a620e5c gb-headline-text\">Hear Sounds<br>Compatriots<br><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9b09f16f gb-headline-text\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-22bbf988\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8a1b933f gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ROBERT GLICK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e5e44a9a gb-headline-text\">Capers of the Girl Moriarties<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0b3ce892 gb-headline-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>BRUCE 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