Tag Archives: Beauty

Caution

Posted on October 24, 2017 by John Biscello

Vigilant tracking, she stalks life in wary frets– Caution testing fire.

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Lyric

Posted on October 24, 2017 by John Biscello

Between passages, the molten birth of Lyric– In labor, she chastens.

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Recourse

Posted on October 23, 2017 by John Biscello

To fade, with no recourse, into the annals of unreality is to lose grip on Love’s touch, to raise cinema from warm ashes on a Sunday afternoon in autumn.

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Roses

Posted on October 22, 2017 by John Biscello

Roses near to grief, how petals kiss death softly, then fall, just because.

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Parasol

Posted on October 12, 2017 by John Biscello

Will wonders never cease to freeze in place Beauty’s corseted voice, how we kiss rain between slats of sunlight and thin air?

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Lake

Posted on October 5, 2017 by John Biscello

Lady of the lake of sorrows and penitence– How deep is your blue?

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Innocence

Posted on October 2, 2017 by John Biscello

The party ended and I went to Gillian’s house. I was between places and Gillian was letting me stay with her temporarily, which given our history was a tribute to her character. We had been in a tumultuous three-year relationship, … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Taylor

Posted on September 12, 2017 by John Biscello

Within budding nymph, feline arching to court grace– fate of Beauty’s press.

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Lana Del Rey

Posted on September 8, 2017 by John Biscello

Lush, red, reposing to give Nostalgia its due– Stars wear ghosts for you.

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Lady Clare

Posted on September 8, 2017 by John Biscello

Forlorn, as if the lake rose to meet the moon halfway, as if light on petals, mourned.

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