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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.

Jackdaw and the Doll (2nd Edition)

After a brief period of being out of print, a new edition of The Jackdaw and the Doll is now available. “Yokoyama’s graphite illustrations …fashion an understated, symbolic elegy for a famous literary voice … Poetic descriptions of Kafka’s storytelling deftly capture … Continue reading

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Days of Lives

From the series, Japan Poems. Umbrella between friends, shadows cast for none to see– Summer festival.

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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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