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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.

Sentries

Angels heartbeats, globed, soft pulsing of bold sentries– No one invents light.

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Lady Clare

Solemn forbearance, gaze tethered to distant self– Where, love, have I gone?

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Stoop

Brooklyn’s true altar, stoops gathering bits of heart– Voices raised to bond.

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Bensonhurst

Bones of my birthplace, splintering in rapid tow– There’s no place like home?

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Steinbeck

Wrath and Discontent, kindling to pen’s holy fire– Love’s labor reformed.

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Fugue

Wraiths of limb, breaching the city’s vague hints of fugue– People disappear.

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Starry Night

Stars, the luminous freckles on God’ night-face, or angelic winks from afar, lovingly rendered by a painter named Vincent who bore clearly his scars with exquisite faith.

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The Call

She, heeding the call, summoned the Phoenix on high– seeded in fire, reborn.

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Paradise

Two aureate chums, crafting Paradise from sand– friendship transcends time.

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Gag

At God’s green altar, a clown’s dignity restored– Gag order complete.

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