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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.

Pour

Pouring slow, hot gold into a mortal embrace– Touch melts near to grace.

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Fire

She, aflame, tarries to abet silent slow burn– Fire cannot be claimed.

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Lulu

By slow wintry turns, she burned silver into stock– Lulu’s lasting surge.

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Moonless

Room temperature, Winter’s digits plunge deep– Dark, the moonless dream.

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Lotus

Lotus, by riot and symphony, seeds new nodes– Music clones itself.

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Scour

To scour ruins, mirrors bind the darkest glare– She will betray you.

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Possession

Possession breeds claws, foreshortened, to grasp at straws– Nature turning tricks.

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Lord Byron

Fretting noble cause, the starry heart lays rogue siege– I, seed of Legion

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Red

Never before seen footage of lives dreamed in red- set fire to curtains.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Within budding nymph, feline arching to court grace– fate of Beauty’s press.

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