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Monthly Archives: December 2019
A Golden Piece
Because “yes” and “thank you” are the profoundest of blessings, and gratitude the golden key.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Beauty, beloved words, gratitude as the golden key, hope, John Biscello, poem, raymond carver, the heart's way
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Page-Turner
No need for the past, living mythology, you, here and now, begin.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged blessing, creation's wake, haiku, John Biscello, new year new decade, out with the old in withthe new, poem
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Invocation
We are here, but briefly, shadows of candle-light dancing between dust and choir, day and night, so consider today a good day to begin, or to continue unwrapping yourself, and giving you to you as a gift, your soul rightfully … Continue reading
Zuzu’s Petals
A father’s pocket, containing secret petals— the meaning of love.
Present Musings
Houses of a Crystal Muse, featuring the poetry of John Biscello and Antoinette Nora Claypoole, and images by Issa De Nicola and Anthony Distefano, is now available in two editions: black and white and full color, with alternate covers. Purchase here. … Continue reading
Still Life W/Selfie
(From Houses of a Crystal Muse, Wild Embers Press, December 2019) How I, my ego-fiend-self, craves and wishes and desires to take ultimate credit for the words and poems attaching themselves to their mortal host, John Biscello, thinly grafted to … Continue reading
The Fool
Review of Anne Serre’s The Fool (and Other Moral Tales). Among the linty cling of rumors and backwashed gossip spread around the barrooms and laundromats of the universe, circulates this mortuary nugget: Hey, did you know that Ego, when it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged anne serre, fool's play, John Biscello, new directions publishing, Prose, Review, riot material, story collection
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Waking Life
“Childhood’s Wake” (from Houses of A Crystal Muse, being released this week) You can feel it in the air, a razory sheen, all the childhoods that were lost or stolen or seized or buried to model catacombs and secret lairs, … Continue reading
Embers Flaring
Houses of a Crystal Muse, a poetic dialogue/collaboration between myself and Antoinette Nora Claypoole, will be released by Wild Embers Press next week. Also featuring images by Issa de Nicola and Anthony Distefano. Wild Embers is offering free review copies. Here … Continue reading
Author in New York
The complete collection of City Beat: Author in New York, a street photography series shot by Anthony Distefano can be viewed here. To see more of Anthony’s work, visit his Instagram page.
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged anthony distefano, flaneur's paradise, John Biscello, New York, sky's the limit, street photography, urban wayfaring, visual poetry
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