“Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.”
How many,
committed to their record of days
upon the earth,
crusade with a pen
and floating paper lanterns
pooling soft warm light
into the history of hidden valentines
pressed between the vellum pages
of a life
lived after the facts,
and before fiction’s altar,
a course on hunger
and its commensurate desires.
About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
