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Category Archives: Poetry
John Fante
April 8th will mark the 113th birthday of Mr. John Fante. His delightful landmine of a novel, Ask the Dust (published in 1939) along with the other three novels which chronicled the exploits of his feisty alter-ego, Arturo Bandini, remain … Continue reading
Posted in Books, photography, Poetry, Prose, Publications
Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, italian-american writers, john fante, lose angeles, old school, poem, Prose
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Tatters
For many years I asked Grief to wait outside my window, a peripheral guest chancing obscure, fugitive details, and lighted tatters. Have I been a poor host, stranger to my own ghost and remnants?
The Argument
Reality and me have disagreements all the time. Reality is, by nature, inviolable. And a bit of an existential bully. I am, by illicit union, a child of fiction. And tender in the center. Reality and me don’t always see … Continue reading
Zoom Reading this Wed.
Info here.
Posted in Audio, Books, Poetry, Press, Prose, Publications, Video
Tagged author, John Biscello, mick bennett, Poetry, Prose, Reading, unsolicited press, zoom
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In Praise of Honey
Spoken word track w/ Ben Wright on bass and Nirmalan Mayura on flute. Image by James McNeill Whistler.
Posted in Artwork, Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Video
Tagged honey, music, Poetry, Spoken Word, Whistler
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Mating Ritual
Welcome to Wildlife, U.S.A. Today we’ll be taking you deep into the concrete jungle of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, where you’ll witness, uncut and uncensored, the primal mating ritual between the native male and female. Listener discretion advised.
Posted in Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Video
Tagged Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, mating ritual, Spoken Word, street core, Video
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The Upstart Scarecrow
Spoken word piece, backed by Ben Wright on stand up bass, in which we meet the derelict prophet and visionary, Willy Shakes.
Posted in Audio, photography, Poetry, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, music, Spoken Word, urban lore
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Jack Kerouac
Cinematic poetic tribute to Jack Kerouac, honoring his centennial birthday (March 12, 2022).
Posted in Audio, Books, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose
Tagged beat generation, beat tobop, film, jack kerouac, kerouac centennial 2022, Poetry, Spoken Word, Video
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The Last Days of Jack Kerouac, a film-poem
March 12, 2022 marks the centennial birthday of Jack Kerouac. As one of my first literary crushes, and a seminal influence, I felt compelled to honor Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac and his singular contribution to the land of literature, with … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Press, Prose
Tagged beat and bop, beat generation, Cinema, film poem, jack kerouac, kerouac centennial 2022, march 12 2022, Spoken Word
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After Party
She, Lazarus, back from the dead, with a musical vengeance— A beat, Christ, please, she asks of her martyred D.J., half-light, half-man, and out climbs her voice, grinding through rubble, a dark velvet toy wound up for centuries, released, on … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged arclight, book, collection, don't call it a comeback, Indie Blue Publishing, Lady Lazarus, poems, Poetry
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John Biscello 