Author Archives: John Biscello

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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.

Dispatch

From the series, Japan Poems. Scent of coming rain, accompanied by silence– Solitude holds sway.

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How Many Miles?

From the series, Japan Poems. There is no journey– Only myths in which we fit our lust to wander.

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Enigma

From the series, Japan Poems. Mottling, scars, green, elements blend, fade, reseed– Where was I, what, when?

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Way

From the series, Japan Poems. Every crossing moves in step with homesickness for places unknown.

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Focus

From the series, Japan Poems. The world breaks daily to reform your perspective– Vision begets form.

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Edges

From the series, Japan Poems. Zen, and the art of postcard from no known sender– You, too, are passing.

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Wandering

From the series, Japan Poems. Empty streets beckon to breed favored solitude among vagrant dreams.

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Romance

From the series, Japan Poems. Dilapidation a stunning aphrodisiac for the soul hopelessly in love with time’s obscene touch and lusting after erosion as a blatant course of conjugal intimacy.

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Not Basho

From the series, Japan Poems. The old water pump remixing Basho’s pond frog makes a vivid splash.

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Days

From the series, Japan Poems. Summer day, parched plants– Kettled filled with cold water borne by the old man.

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