s w i f t s  &  s l o w s: a quarterly of crisscrossings

Poems for KingBirds
Martha & Basil King

←home or next→

Before we began to be

we began

before     above

before      often

inside       over

what’s for breakfast, Annie?

often over

often from

what they build

what we build

might be

one

or might

not

←home or next→

Basil King has been painting for over six decades and writing since 1985.  His most recent book, History Now, Marsh Hawk Press, 2017, is the latest in his long series Learning to Draw.  His most recent periodical publication is in LOCAL KNOWLEDGE #6 which includes poems and a portfolio of his art.

Martha King’s most recent book is her long memoir, Outside/Inside – Just outside the art worlds inside, BlazeVOX books, 2018.  A murder mystery novel, Max Sees Red, is due this April from Spuyten Duyvil.

For more about Martha and Basil King, go to  basilking-marthaking.com