Bulbs

Posted on March 9, 2018 by John Biscello
Cyanotype 3
Incandescence,
how bulbs aspire
to fragrant gospel.

 

 

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Keen

Posted on March 9, 2018 by John Biscello
Cyanotype 2
Her secret refuge,
at childhood’s keen edge, flirting
with grace on the rim.
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Ink

Posted on March 9, 2018 by John Biscello
Cyanotype 1
She scattered white light
through the context of blue ink–
Heartbreak, Chapter Two.
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Music

Posted on March 9, 2018 by John Biscello
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To listen with eyes,
in a forest of deep blue–
Music spiring dreams.

 

(Image by Christian Marclay)
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Film Still

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
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She, the heroine,
in the still of her own life–
Christ, how far to go?

 

(Photo by Cindy Sherman)
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Road

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
cindy sherman
Waiting, still, waiting,
the unbearable lightness
of life between homes.

 

(Photo by Cindy Sherman)
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Albert Camus

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
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Stranger to near self,
he tracked existential crumbs
to a chance verdict.

 

(Photo of Albert Camus by Henri Cartier-Bresson)
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Literacy

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
Buster reading
Survivors bible,
How to Fall and Get Back Up–
In slapstick we trust.

 

 

 

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Ghost Dance

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
Brigman VIII
Thinning of the veils,
ghost engaging girl to dance–
No partner needed.
(Photo by Anne Brigman)
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Near

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello
Brigman VI
So near to this thing,
this love, chastened, on shore’s edge–
Forever, dear, yes.

 

(Photo by Anne Brigman)
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