To get ready, daily,
for the stories inside,
the voices,
yet never losing sight
of the fact
that they are
phantoms
skating on waves,
and to hold on
would be like
trying to clutch
and contain
sea-spray
between your fingers–
in other words,
flow,
in good faith
that practice makes practice,
and your heart is the raging epic
by which all other stories
pale in comparison.
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.
