Monthly Archives: February 2019

Seven Ways of Looking at a Starry Horse

Posted on February 27, 2019 by John Biscello

A poem written in response to Izumi Yokoyama’s “Wild Horse,” for an upcoming ekphrasis event. 1. The cosmos has no time for serious thought. Only horseplay, amorphic in a milkbath of dark matter. 2. Horse. A noun fashioned from the symmetry … Continue reading →

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Raking the Dust

Posted on February 26, 2019 by John Biscello

Originally posted on Snowflakes in a Blizzard:
THE BOOK: Raking the Dust PUBLISHED IN: April 2018 THE AUTHOR: John Biscello THE EDITOR: Sophia Noulas THE PUBLISHER: Unsolicited Press SUMMARY: In this rogue’s tale, full of sound, fury, and surrealism, we meet…

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Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews John Biscello’s Arclight

Posted on February 19, 2019 by John Biscello

Originally posted on Indie Blu(e) Publishing:
What an incredible and irreplaceable collection. John Biscello has already earned his stripes with the first poem in his book Arclight. Biscello has that very rare quality of being a natural born poet.…

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Henry Valentine Miller

Posted on February 14, 2019 by John Biscello

Because his middle name was Valentine, a V-Day tribute poem to that “boy from Brooklyn,” Mr. Henry Valentine Miller,  from my book Arclight. Some men rattle their chains and wonder, some sing them. Then there are others who spray paint … Continue reading →

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Sylvia

Posted on February 11, 2019 by John Biscello

Today, February 11, marks the death-date of the brilliant poet, Sylvia Plath. A tribute piece, from my collection Arclight. To be a mother, and to double as a dark sorceress, a cleaver of dried bones, could not have been easy. … Continue reading →

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Arclight now available

Posted on February 10, 2019 by John Biscello

Arclight has officially been released. Available in print and digital editions. John Biscello is not simply a novelist and poet, but an alchemist of verses. In Arclight, Biscello captains a voyage that transcends the physical world with graceful introspection, and philosophical … Continue reading →

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Review Copies of Arclight

Posted on February 6, 2019 by John Biscello

Dear Citizens of the Blogverse: My debut poetry collection, Arclight, will be released in mid-February by Indie Blu(e) Publishing. I am offering a limited number of advance digital copies to readers who may be interested in reviewing the book (on … Continue reading →

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Claim for the Meek

Posted on February 5, 2019 by John Biscello

Poem from Arclight. Coming this February from Indie Blu(e) Publishing. I do not want to see the face of God. I want to see her mask, where and for whom it cracked, the causal history of lines and fissures, want to … Continue reading →

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Arclight

Posted on February 3, 2019 by John Biscello

Cover reveal for my debut poetry collection, Arclight. Coming this February by Indie Blu(e) Publishing.    

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