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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.

The Rebirth of Aphrodite

The tasseled white veins of the sea pulsate and spread powdery billows. The wild expanse is a magnificent lay of azure froth and fizzing eyelets, goldened by the dragon’s teeth of sun. Clefted, between a rock and a soft place, … Continue reading →

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Elegy

At the risk of harbor, emptiness pools where hearts marvel in sync with grief’s ruins.

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An Affair to Remember

Unscripted, unbound, wind’s summer fling with towel– Love, gently aired, seeks.

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Door II

When the trap door fell, he remembered who he was– Peter Pan leapt, soared.

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Door

There is a legend of a door hidden from hearts– How stones, unturned, scar.

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Nocturne on the Horizon

Cover reveal for my new novel, Nocturne Variations (coming this November).  Designed by Heather Ross. NOCTURNE VARIATIONS: Dystopic Peter Pan meets surrealist noir in this cinemythical tale about love, loss and the illusions of shadow-play. Los Angeles, December, 1989, is when … Continue reading →

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Lavender

The soft-slippered mist of lavender’s whispered crush– Seaside kisses, aired.

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Long Before Shakespeare

Sound and the Fury– The sea’s repeating dreamlife in white heat, storied.

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And the Band Played On

Soft mermaid halos held in the tears of a stone– Sea’s choral fable.

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Swell

This house on a hill, overlooking love, dreams us– Clouds, gently touched, swell.

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