Still Life

In our petitions

for mercy

repose

is the standard

by which we elicit

the preferred company of grace.

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Slow Burn


From the series, Japan Poems.

Time alone
leaves us small
cherished pleasures
through which our lives
are gathered slowly
in moments
of favored ephemera.

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Wavelength

Within

the dark cradling weave

of silence

softly she tenders

the stuff of dreams

upon which my starry vigils

are gently rounded.

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Liminal

There are

tunnels at

the end of the light

leading back

to passages

marking our

long day’s journey

into night.

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Sea Change

At a distance,

sea changes,

while the wind sings

an elegy for the effaced.

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Sanctum

From the series, Japan Poems.

In the humid haunt

of vinyl heaven

one man’s canary soul

vaulting in quarter

and half-notes

slotted between rapier motes

and circular motions of dreaming

worn down end to end

to play on.

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Updated Bio


Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, author, poet, playwright, perfomer and screenwriter, John Biscello, is the author of four novels–Broken Land, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn–two volumes of poetry–Arclight, Moonglow on Mercy Street–a collection of stories, Freeze Tag–and an illustrated fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll. During the pandemic timeline (2020-2023) he completed three new novels-The Last Furies, No One Dreams in Color, None So Distant–which he regards as his Blue Star trilogy. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, ZEITGEIST U.S.A., THE BEST MEDICINE and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ. He is the founder and director of the Taos Youth Ensemble, an independent theater program for youths ages 5-18, and many of his original children’s plays are available through dramanotebook.com

His books are available through Amazon and other cyber-outlets, and his soundcloud page offers an inventory of his spoken word tracks.

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Claim

From the series, Japan Poems.

To be found

wanting

is the favored

and persistent urge

of longing’s desire

to know itself

as a distant calling

toward the siren of intimacy.

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Vanishing Point

From the series, Japan Poems.

Until I can see you,

the cities will vanish,

effaced mutely in swaths

of white on white,

a glaring monopoly

and divide—

alone these distances

prevail to hail symmetry,

its pageants and faults,

the legacy of runes,

every movement

preceding solace

and respite

to one whose lyrics

have outlived its song.

Artwork by Miyu Fujita

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Window

From the series, Japan Poems.

Rainy day,

through the upstairs window

at the café,

framed within the wrought-iron

railing enclosing the stone ledge

on which the potted plants sit,

women in summer kimonos

carrying closed umbrellas.

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