Author Archives: John Biscello

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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; 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 produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.

Cuckoo Rising

Posted on January 10, 2020 by John Biscello

Greetings, soul-folks, and much love as we groove into the creatively charged and spiritually Roaring 20s! I am thrilled to announce that our crowdsourcing campaign for Ballad of the Cuckoos has officially launched, beneath the gilded magic of tonight’s full moon … Continue reading →

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Phoenix

Posted on January 9, 2020 by John Biscello

Remembered to the calling of ashes, the lasting phoenix gives due form to a ceremony wakened by the leavings of wind.

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Calling

Posted on January 9, 2020 by John Biscello

Beyond the slimmest margins, a paling, a cooling, where you can assume the role of engaged witness and translate intimacy into a remembered calling, a friend without want or ceiling.

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Seeds

Posted on January 6, 2020 by John Biscello

The other day I met a monk who juggled watermelon seeds with his tongue. When I asked him how he did it, he spit the seeds at me, a staccato stream of seed-bullets as if the monk were no monk … Continue reading →

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Traveling Light

Posted on January 5, 2020 by John Biscello

To respire, simply, a softly submissive carrier of pulsing rhythms that billow and contract and seed the breadth of the cosmos with music undending, this, effortless spread and spirit of mapless wayfaring, is the true adventure that undertakes and claims … Continue reading →

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A Prince’s Welcome

Posted on January 2, 2020 by John Biscello

To remix a bit of warmed-over lightning from the immortal good advice of one Mr. James Brown—Now is the time to jump back and kiss yourself, and become best first mate to your own extraordinary soul. The Spiritually Roaring 20s … Continue reading →

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A Golden Piece

Posted on December 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Because “yes” and “thank you” are the profoundest of blessings, and gratitude the golden key.

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Page-Turner

Posted on December 31, 2019 by John Biscello

No need for the past, living mythology, you, here and now, begin.

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Invocation

Posted on December 24, 2019 by John Biscello

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 →

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Zuzu’s Petals

Posted on December 19, 2019 by John Biscello

  A father’s pocket, containing secret petals— the meaning of love.

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