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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.

Stripped

Splitting images, resurrection on a loop– Stripping for heaven.

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Saudade

Near-distance of pain, dark ink blotting a thin page– Sorrow’s lasting print.

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Plunge

The god-awful plunge into white wonder and bliss– Angel’s kiss of death.

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Close-Up

Sorrow’s fresh close-up, pale rose in winter garden– Love’s time-tested soil.

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Sorrow

The one we love, maimed– incident of karmic fate or the heart in flames?

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Salome Remixed

Play of light on void, shimmering veils seduce Fate– weight of woman scorned.

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Pillow

Heaven-rent pillow, to have, to hold, to protect– Fall wind blowing cold.

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Love Story

Misty wandering, the lonely monk meets a tree– bowing, they shed tears.

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Once

The face you don’t see, marred by Love’s forfeit and cease– She was the one, once.

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Rose is a Rose is a Rose

Enfolding vortex, chambers of rose burial– to die claiming love.   (Kiss from a Rose © Harold Davis. Used with permission.)

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