Willawaw Journal

Online Poetry & Art

Willawaw Journal Spring 2025 Issue 20

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Cover Artist: Helen Geglio, Wisdom Cloak: Above Rubies
Notes from the Editor
Page One: Rick Adang   Shawn Aveningo-Sanders   Frank Babcock  Louise Barden  Page Two: Helen Geglio   Carol Barrett   Jeff Burt   Dale Champlin   Joanne Clarkson    Gail Braune Comorat   Page Three: Helen Geglio   Joe Cottonwood   Steve Dieffenbacher   Amelia Díaz Ettinger   Ann Farley  Tim Gillespie  Page Four: Helen Geglio   David A. Goodrum   Bejamin Green   Suzy Harris   Maura J. Harvey   F. D. Jackson  Page Five: Helen Geglio    Marc Janssen   Gary Lark   Phyllis Mannan   Rebecca Martin    Richard L. Matta  Page Six: Helen Geglio   Edward Miller   Penelope Moffett   John Thomas Muro   Kevin Nance  Francis Opila  Page Seven: Helen Geglio  Louhi Pohjola   Vivienne Popperl   Erica Reid   Patrick G. Roland   Jennifer Rood  Page Eight: Helen Geglio   A. Michael Schultz   Doug Stone   Anita Sullivan   M. Benjamin Thorne  Pepper Trail  Page Nine: Helen Geglio   Ingrid Wendt   BACK PAGE with Helen Geglio

Ingrid Wendt

The Photographer: Self Portrait

Between us, this box thorough which I look
At you and you cannot

See the sorrow I bring from years of capturing
Moments that never will come again.

When we die, I’ve been told, we really
Die twice: when we settle into breath’s absence

And when no one on this earth
Knows who we are in photos left behind

Yet how can I stop myself? The glory of
This moment, your very soul in your eyes.

Eugene, Oregon, poet Ingrid Wendt is the author of five books of poems and co-editor of two anthologies. A musician by avocation, she was a visiting writer in public schools, universities through the US and abroad for 30 years. Recent poems appear in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Terrain, Calyx, About Place, and others. IngridWendt.com

 

Back Page with Helen Geglio

Helen Geglio is an artist and
art educator living in South
Bend, Indiana.  Originally
from Michigan, she received
her BFA in studio art from
the University of Michigan
and also holds an MS in education from
Indiana University. In her work as an artist, she creates hand stitched fiber artworks and has been represented in local, regional and national exhibits. Her work has been selected for Quilt National, Art Quilt Elements, Fantastic Fibers, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Artist as Quiltmaker, and Visions: Interpretations. Helen regularly exhibits with SAQA Global Exhibitions and the Surface Design Association and she is a long-time member of Woman Made Gallery and the Women’s Caucus for Art. For more information: www.helengeglio.com.

 

Wisdom Cloak: Finder and Keeper, detail (2020)–Wool, cotton, small objects. Photo by Kay Westhues. Private Collection.

Artist Statement:
The lives of women, and how we are connected to textiles, is what interests me as an artist. I collect worn clothing, domestic linens and sewing scraps, and then I construct meaning from these pieces of cloth. I enjoy the process of working with materials that have passed through other hands, and I look for a story, maybe a snapshot of a moment, to open a visual narrative. The idea of women’s work is a recurring theme in my art, so I use hand stitching and embroidery to hold the pieces together, to bind the layers and gather the textile detritus of the everyday into a new whole. The work I do, and the way of working that I value, is slow and mindful. In the end, I want to create an insightful visual image, one that invites viewers to look closely and make connections to their own stories.