Bathwater Blues

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello
Ross III
I held out my hands,
when you asked me to come clean–
Sorry for the mess.

 

(Photo by Heather Ross)
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Perspective

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello
An Echo In
To err, is human;
to trust in the light, sublime–
Breathing room required.

 

(Images by Heather Ross)
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Vines

Posted on June 3, 2019 by John Biscello
Ross V
No one said a word,
but the house knows the story–
The doors remain locked.

 

(Photo by Heather Ross)

 

 

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Holding Pattern

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
The Other Side
Even now, it’s vague,
how an image claims absence–
Looking back, I freeze.

 

(Photo by Heather Ross)

 

 

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Chet Baker

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
chet
The fastest road
to heaven
is also the slowest
and most deeply felt–
through a glinting horn,
paradox waxes
and wanes,
to give cherish
its moving line
on grace.
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Moonstruck

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
trip-to-teh-moon-1902_0
Coming attractions–
The moon, starring in its own
epic tome to film.
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Wishlist

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
wish pieceAnd when the rain comes,
so many dreams remembered
to wonder, cradled.

 

(Wish Piece III by Yoko Ono)
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The Ballad of Yoko

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
yoko
The hate mail
and small-hearted slander
did not stop
her voice
from cueing up
soft in the center
stones
to sing
and cheer on
the slowest runners
en route to heaven.
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Siren

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
yellow on fire
Grief embraces change
through form, exploded to shape
a sense of calling.

 

(Artwork by Mark Rothko)
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Faulkner Country

Posted on June 2, 2019 by John Biscello
willy faulkner
Into the veins
went sweet, whistling air,
whittled bark,
and dark, teeming soil,
and out poured
insular lyrics,
sculpted with gospel flair,
to give the Word
its fated due.
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