Alan Basting earned an M.A. in English/Creative Writing at Colorado State University and a M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University. His chapbooks include Singing from the Abdomen, Stone-Marrow Press; What the Barns Breathe, Windows Press; Suddenly, Herons, The Writers’ Cooperative of Toledo; and Deep Time, Daily Habits and Events, from The Arts Commission of Toledo, […]
Alan Basting
Alan Basting: A World Announces Affection in December’s Snow and Fog
Locomotives In the guise of oxen Enter the village with humility, Heads down, sweaty From chugging up the street, Hauling the resurrection Bells to the chapel. Lowing, gospel sounds Drift like incense Among the faithful Wrapped In frost-crusted robes. * Mistaking song For sorrow and longing For notes of […]