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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.

Swing

After the deluge, the horns lost their bright voices– Swing low, sweet chariot.

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Total Eclipse

Courtship between worlds, Love’s ravels tethered to smoke– Dream eclipses burn.

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Kiss

The gaze, faraway, fastened to a winter moon– snow to lips, a kiss.

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Isabella Rossellini

Listless gravity, the weight of a jaded vamp– Glaring, a black mass.

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Leaf

Billowing leaf, turns into lady in waiting– alchemy of fall.

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Serenade

Moonlight serenade, every autumn the same song– Grief resets its course.

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When Helen Met Charlie

Clown’s soft, open face, Braille for tender reception– found in translation.

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Electroshock

Once upon a chaste industrial revolution– blackouts became the rage.

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Ribbon

The furls of music, In vitro seeding of keys– ribbons mused upon.  

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Icarus

By virtue of loss, a sheer miracle, short-lived– the cost of dreaming.

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