An Affair to Remember

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
wedding
What had they become?
Memory no longer served–
Love, some cake, then what?
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History’s Greatest Hits: The Revolutionary Years

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
washington-crossing-the-delaware
Credit the actor
playing George Washington
for conveying
imperturbable nobility
and epic mien
(his body language
screaming
manifest destiny)
in this advertisement
for a reality show
that would spawn
a weblike network of programs
dedicated to the emblematic trinity
of truth, justice
and well-executed branding.

 

(“Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutz)
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Good Night Moon

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
voulangis
They wander here still,
the children stripped of their names–
Did they go gently?

 

(Image by Voulangis)
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Weathervane

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
vintage kiss
Umbrella opens
at the touch of what’s to come–
Bodies rain in sync.
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The Games We Play

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
Flamboyant costumed model on San Gorgio island
We played hide and seek
as if children on the edge–
I found you, and wept.
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In Our Solitude

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
utrilloII
Poor resignation,
accruing beatific
quiet for the meek.

 

(Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)

 

 

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Pilgrimage

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
the-little-prince-in-desert
Sometimes
you’ve got to walk alone
through the desert
to know your true place
among the company
of stars.
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Neighborhood

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello
Utrillo
Footfalls echoing
upon cold, comforting stone–
the scent of warm bread.

 

(Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)
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The Sisters

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1943 by Dorothea Tanning born 1910
Bearing the burden
of beauty and mysterious growth
the sisters
kept themselves aloft
and separated from a world
with mostly closed doors
and severely cramped imagination.

 

(Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)
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Smoke

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello
sudek III
Mortal ponderance–
Where did the time go this time?
Smoke favors silence.

 

(Photo by Josef Sudek)

 

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