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Review of Arclight, John Biscello

Posted on March 24, 2019 by John Biscello

Review of Arclight on “My Screaming Twenties.”

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Funky Monk Live

Posted on March 14, 2019 by John Biscello

Video clips from the Arclight book launch at Studio 107-B in Taos, NM (3/12/19). Performing “Funky Monk” w/ Ben Wright on the bass.

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Bird

Posted on March 12, 2019 by John Biscello

Haiku in honor of Charlie Parker’s death-day (March 12th) Yardbird’s singed solo, wings crisped to perfect measure– fly now, pray later.

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Kerouac

Posted on March 12, 2019 by John Biscello

Happy birthday (March 12th), Jack Kerouac! My poem from Arclight honoring the man behind the mythical scrolls. When I was a young man, a budding scribe eager to blossom white fire, and scabbed lotuses, you meant the world to me. … Continue reading →

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The Smoking Bluebird

Posted on March 10, 2019 by John Biscello

In honor of Charles Bukowski on his death-date, March 10th. Bluebird in his heart, caught in the cross-hairs of vice– Fuck pretty, sing life.

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After Party – John Biscello

Posted on March 10, 2019 by John Biscello

“After Party,” a poem from my collection Arclight, appearing on Free Verse Revolution. March’s theme: “Redemption.”

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The Emissary

Posted on March 8, 2019 by John Biscello

My review of Yoko Tawada’s dystopic delight, The Emissary, a.k.a., The Last Children of Tokyo. I have seen the future and it’s murder — Leonard Cohen, “The Future” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Death walks into a bar, wielding … Continue reading →

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Seven Ways of Looking at a Starry Horse

Posted on February 27, 2019 by John Biscello

A poem written in response to Izumi Yokoyama’s “Wild Horse,” for an upcoming ekphrasis event. 1. The cosmos has no time for serious thought. Only horseplay, amorphic in a milkbath of dark matter. 2. Horse. A noun fashioned from the symmetry … Continue reading →

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Raking the Dust

Posted on February 26, 2019 by John Biscello

Originally posted on Snowflakes in a Blizzard:
THE BOOK: Raking the Dust PUBLISHED IN: April 2018 THE AUTHOR: John Biscello THE EDITOR: Sophia Noulas THE PUBLISHER: Unsolicited Press SUMMARY: In this rogue’s tale, full of sound, fury, and surrealism, we meet…

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Candice Louisa Daquin Reviews John Biscello’s Arclight

Posted on February 19, 2019 by John Biscello

Originally posted on Indie Blu(e) Publishing:
What an incredible and irreplaceable collection. John Biscello has already earned his stripes with the first poem in his book Arclight. Biscello has that very rare quality of being a natural born poet.…

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