Monthly Archives: April 2019

Orchid

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Biscello

Reverence, trust, the distance of islands pinned to space; every disquieting cut moving her closer and closer to the irremediable candor of grace. (Image: Yoko Ono)

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For Entertainment Purposes Only

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Biscello

It was this sublime directive, engineered by a cooperative of amusement parks around the world, that fronted a mysterious new wave of emptiness, through which initiates annuled their ghosts to the spectacle and darkened marvels of extinction. (Photo by … Continue reading →

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Salome’s Turrets

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Biscello

Gardens grow ruptures and bisected shoots of tease and envy too you know. Do not place the malformed under a glass jar, do not treat fractures with tourniquets, myrrh and silence, do not judge a moth by its sister’s wings … Continue reading →

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The Brides

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Biscello

Winter grows its own brides, penitent, forlorn, pining to wed a warm draft of air, a silking furl of yellow, before systemic freeze slows desire to a limnal peck. (Image: CocoRosie)

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Stones

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Biscello

A poem inspired by Yoko Ono’s “Cleaning Piece.” At the carnival I was most intrigued by the stone-swallower. A waifish bronze-skinned lady with dark hair, plaited, and slender fingers. I was rapt, watching the way she carefully arranged the stones … Continue reading →