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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.

Secret

How the secret falls, from bowed lips modeling noir– Night calls burn slowly.  

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Cask

Sundered veil, alight, lamp’s rounded eye grazing warmth– Window casking soul.

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Found

Notes from underground, written by future-self, now– once was lost, now found.

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Roar

Teeth of a bandsaw, roaring through grist for the mill– Stories make warm ghosts.

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Ponder

    Moon, green to ponder, poets fathom tides, dreams, death– all in a night’s work.

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Bridge

Craft, in loving praise of words slowed to last, to serve– Some bridges don’t burn.

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Thread

Airing out life’s shadow, one finite thread at a time– wings, in passing, fade.

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Lenny Bruce

Jester, frisked for words; the wrong ones could spell trouble– Literacy kills.

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Claim

Wanderers tempt fate, piercing veils for story’s sake– Heart, the guide and claim.

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Flaneur

To stroll, with no aim, courting the god of slowness– Long walk to heaven.

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