The Ballad of Yoko

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

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

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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Wild Shoots

wilde man
Alternatively,
love the extraordinary
fact of your being.
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Walt Whitman

walt
In a tumbling leaf,
you found the secret to song–
Wonder, unceasing.
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Arclight in the Gyroscope Review

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Review of Arclight appearing in the Gyroscope Review.
“Arclight, by poet John Biscello, is an intriguing book brimming with possibilities. The book is divided into six diverse sections that carry themes through each section and tie them together with spirituality and attention to the relationships between people and creator, people and others, people and self.
I enjoyed the mix of short little poems that captured the intricacies of love and relationships, as well as the longer poems that delve into what it means to be connected with the spiritual, and the complications of love. Arclight is always drawing comparisons, answering and composing questions. Some of my favorite lines were about the Self, and its bonds to the heart.
from Beacon

The hidden vocabulary

of my heart

is reduced to essentials”

Read the full review here.
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An Affair to Remember

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

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

voulangis
They wander here still,
the children stripped of their names–
Did they go gently?

 

(Image by Voulangis)
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Weathervane

vintage kiss
Umbrella opens
at the touch of what’s to come–
Bodies rain in sync.
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