Monthly Archives: March 2018

Scale

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

Mountain, tree, small boy, scaling serene loneliness to a still center.   (Artwork by Hiroshige)

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Sheath

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

Dancing blue-black flame soloing among soft sheaths– ballet’s fragrant leaps.   (Artwork by Georgia O’ Keefe)

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Pour

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

It is the shadow that carries small tsunamis to pour, as needed.   (Artwork by Pejac)

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Empire State

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

Empirical scope, is all that we ask of fame– Steady now, steady.   (Photo of Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick)

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Balloon, Sun

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

The Red Balloon of storybook legend, after having reached its pinnacle of fame, decided to reinvent itself as a crimson bauble of a sun, reigning supreme over a private world of geometry and symbols, a realm of pure spirit and … Continue reading →

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Mercy

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

Always a mother, always gentle enclosure– Between palms, mercy.

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Haunt

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

Make me an offer, they shoot pretty girls, don’t they? Leave haunting to me.

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Riot’s Rake

Posted on March 17, 2018 by John Biscello

Grateful for Ashleigh Grycner’s review of Raking the Dust, which appears in the latest installment of Riot Material, and coincides with RTD’s April 3rd relaunch. Raking the Dust, John Biscello’s masterful second novel, is first and foremost a novel about second … Continue reading →

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Marguerite Duras

Posted on March 16, 2018 by John Biscello

Mapped, in glaring veins, cut, to secrete lucid text– Yes, love, I bleed light.

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Candles

Posted on March 16, 2018 by John Biscello

One for each of us, happy born-day, dear sister– Beyond human reach.   (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

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