Category Archives: Artwork

Lighting Scheme

Posted on June 24, 2019 by John Biscello

Illuminated, but with razors, the shadow found a face to give its cinematic debut a twist on types fitted to escape plans in small, forgotten rooms.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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Here Lies Everything

Posted on June 4, 2019 by John Biscello

Oh, those crazy Muses, existing well beyond the borders of logic and reason, their joyful disquiet relative to the epic savvy and hunger of dwarf stars, and harmonies sounded to mine the lyrical lore of what lies buried and forgotten … Continue reading →

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Ghost Story

Posted on June 4, 2019 by John Biscello

The turn of the screw, set her ghost to shivering– The blues became her.   (Artwork by Linda Stojak)

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Who Was She?

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello

In purgatory, the last of the debutantes, adrift, as if dreamed.   (Artwork by Linda Stojak)

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Thickening Plot

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello

The lessons were simple– Never take a bath in fast-drying cement, and never love a man who won’t do your back when everything hardens quickly.   (Photo by Heather Ross)

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Bathwater Blues

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello

I held out my hands, when you asked me to come clean– Sorry for the mess.   (Photo by Heather Ross)

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Holding Pattern

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello

Even now, it’s vague, how an image claims absence– Looking back, I freeze.   (Photo by Heather Ross)    

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Siren

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello

Grief embraces change through form, exploded to shape a sense of calling.   (Artwork by Mark Rothko)

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Good Night Moon

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

They wander here still, the children stripped of their names– Did they go gently?   (Image by Voulangis)

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In Our Solitude

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Poor resignation, accruing beatific quiet for the meek.   (Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)    

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