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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.

Reign

By cyclical turns, opiate visions seal clouds– Siren’s acid reign.

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Gathered Crumbs from a Lost Cake

Review of Elizabeth Ellen’s Person/a, appearing in Riot Material. “The poet, Robert Lowell, spoke about the best poems, the most personal ones, as being “gathered crumbs from a lost cake.” Elizabeth Ellen, in architecting a novel from “lost crumbs,” has … Continue reading →

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Shuffle

  Rigged shuffle to bare, Love being not blind but masked– Pair of hearts, folding.

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Chrysalis

Static radiance engraved on glass chrysalis– Deep dreams speak volumes.

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Stir

Scraping grave remnants, the woman’s canceled bones stir– You will know my name.

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Parity

Autopsy report for all tomorrow’s parties– Death breeds parity.

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Net

Naked, net value of a girl’s dreamless longing– Musing upon loss.

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Braid

Drizzle of clear beads, perfect climate for daybreak– Silence braids our grief.

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Mae West

No bodice to bind heaving glow and talon’s wit– she lit up the screen.

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Proof

Twinning, to ravel frayed hearts in ghost-dark concert– Proof, to no avail.

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