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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.

Accord

From the series, Japan Poems. At the festival, clouds and sunshine commingle– Drums thunder in sync.

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Sensorial

From the series, Japan Poems. Wherever you go, rhythm feeds the spectral flow– A moveable feast.

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No Godot Here

From the series, Japan Poems. Waiting in the rain for a train that never comes– Blues for Dr. Seuss.

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Gloam

From the series, Japan Poems. Strangers on a bridge, enveloped in twilight mist– Songs for vanishing.

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Blue

From the series, Japan Poems. Blue umbrella floats over the course of a bridge– Longing traced in mist.

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Tender

From the series, Japan Poems. The grass grows greener beneath a shared umbrella– Tender shoots tremble.

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Parasol

From the series, Japan Poems. There is a secret heaven, a cloud-padded nook for those who stroll the streets, vintage in their own manner and calling, parasol doubling as a firmament, through which rainy day blues become weathered postcards of … Continue reading

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Social

From the series, Japan Poems. Under cloudy skies, chance encounter between friends– Small talk warming lives.

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No Dominion

From the series, Japan Poems. Umbrella ghosted by whoever held it last– Rain in the forecast.

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Tracks

From the series, Japan Poems. With people removed dreams travel great lengths to occupy the paralleling tracks of company and solitude.

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