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No Moral

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

Beach noir meets fable, Dashiell Hammett and Aesop filtered through lone gull.

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Cape

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

A spectral, widespreading cape of lavender misting the seascape, and in the distance, a house, fronted by palms  looking like shadowy pom-poms, its windows lighted eyes blazing swaths of yellow to imbibe the encroaching nocturne.

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Nuptial

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

Splitting image, one sun mounts another, cradled in nuptial fire.

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Shimmer

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

Light’s slow, basking crush on the sea’s shimmied wavelengths– A sunset affair.

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Illustory

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

The sky, a photographic illusion, a veiled overlay, which the sun, in this starring instance, burns through from behind, creating a pinhole aperture through which one can vision proof of eternity, and its unending volumes of light.

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The Sadness of Beautiful Things

Posted on August 15, 2018 by John Biscello

Review of Simon Van Booy’s collection of stories, The Sadness of Beautiful Things. “O Lord, give us each our own death. Grant us the dying that comes forth from that life in which we knew love, grappled with meaning, felt … Continue reading →

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Ripening

Posted on August 8, 2018 by John Biscello

“They wanted to blossom, and blossoming is being beautiful. But we want to ripen, and this means being dark and taking pains.”–Rainer Maria Rilke O poor fragile blossom, hue of vetted contradiction, do bask in dark, soft, storied chambers and … Continue reading →

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The Rebirth of Aphrodite

Posted on August 8, 2018 by John Biscello

The tasseled white veins of the sea pulsate and spread powdery billows. The wild expanse is a magnificent lay of azure froth and fizzing eyelets, goldened by the dragon’s teeth of sun. Clefted, between a rock and a soft place, … Continue reading →

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Elegy

Posted on August 7, 2018 by John Biscello

At the risk of harbor, emptiness pools where hearts marvel in sync with grief’s ruins.

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An Affair to Remember

Posted on August 6, 2018 by John Biscello

Unscripted, unbound, wind’s summer fling with towel– Love, gently aired, seeks.

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