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Seeds

Posted on January 6, 2020 by John Biscello

The other day I met a monk who juggled watermelon seeds with his tongue. When I asked him how he did it, he spit the seeds at me, a staccato stream of seed-bullets as if the monk were no monk … Continue reading →

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Traveling Light

Posted on January 5, 2020 by John Biscello

To respire, simply, a softly submissive carrier of pulsing rhythms that billow and contract and seed the breadth of the cosmos with music undending, this, effortless spread and spirit of mapless wayfaring, is the true adventure that undertakes and claims … Continue reading →

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A Prince’s Welcome

Posted on January 2, 2020 by John Biscello

To remix a bit of warmed-over lightning from the immortal good advice of one Mr. James Brown—Now is the time to jump back and kiss yourself, and become best first mate to your own extraordinary soul. The Spiritually Roaring 20s … Continue reading →

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A Golden Piece

Posted on December 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Because “yes” and “thank you” are the profoundest of blessings, and gratitude the golden key.

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Page-Turner

Posted on December 31, 2019 by John Biscello

No need for the past, living mythology, you, here and now, begin.

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Invocation

Posted on December 24, 2019 by John Biscello

We are here, but briefly, shadows of candle-light dancing between dust and choir, day and night, so consider today a good day to begin, or to continue unwrapping yourself, and giving you to you as a gift, your soul rightfully … Continue reading →

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Zuzu’s Petals

Posted on December 19, 2019 by John Biscello

A father’s pocket, containing secret petals— the meaning of love.

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Present Musings

Posted on December 18, 2019 by John Biscello

Houses of a Crystal Muse, featuring the poetry of John Biscello and Antoinette Nora Claypoole, and images by Issa De Nicola and Anthony Distefano, is now available in two editions: black and white and full color, with alternate covers. Purchase here. … Continue reading →

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Still Life W/Selfie

Posted on December 11, 2019 by John Biscello

(From Houses of a Crystal Muse, Wild Embers Press, December 2019) How I, my ego-fiend-self, craves and wishes and desires to take ultimate credit for the words and poems attaching themselves to their mortal host, John Biscello, thinly grafted to … Continue reading →

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The Fool

Posted on December 9, 2019 by John Biscello

Review of Anne Serre’s The Fool (and Other Moral Tales). Among the linty cling of rumors and backwashed gossip spread around the barrooms and laundromats of the universe, circulates this mortuary nugget: Hey, did you know that Ego, when it … Continue reading →

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