Tag Archives: dream

Autobiography

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello

To know myself, a rogue aggregate of loving atoms, a happy shivering clusterfuck of luminous baubles banded together to forge and assume an alleged identity, no papers or pulpit required, to fulfill an arc, and heart-guided directives, to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged autobiography, badlands, desert, dream, God, I, identity, John Biscello, love, me, play, poem, Poetry, soul, spirit | 6 Comments

Balloon, Sun

Posted on March 18, 2018 by John Biscello

The Red Balloon of storybook legend, after having reached its pinnacle of fame, decided to reinvent itself as a crimson bauble of a sun, reigning supreme over a private world of geometry and symbols, a realm of pure spirit and … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Artwork, dream, geometry, John Biscello, myth, painting, paul klee, poem, red balloon, symbols, visual | Leave a comment

Music

Posted on March 9, 2018 by John Biscello

To listen with eyes, in a forest of deep blue– Music spiring dreams. (Image by Christian Marclay)

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Artwork, Blue, christian marclay, cyanotype, dream, forest, John Biscello, music, poem, Poetry, sound, synesthesia | Leave a comment

Ghost Dance

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello

Thinning of the veils, ghost engaging girl to dance– No partner needed. (Photo by Anne Brigman)

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged anne brigman, dance, dream, girl, John Biscello, myth, photo, poem, silhouette, veils | Leave a comment

Rumors

Posted on March 2, 2018 by John Biscello

Within the licorice hush and mottle of Dream’s darkening brood, we cede, slowly, to faintest rumors on a paling cusp, to gainly renew.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged chaste, dream, John Biscello, lake, lavender, mist, New Mexico, poem, Poetry, purple, renewal, rumors, spirit, storry lake | Leave a comment

Lucent

Posted on March 2, 2018 by John Biscello

The house, the chair, the vintage attire, the cloud-pastried sky with no limits, time and again she projected herself into someone else’s life, their memories and reality, and saw herself reflected as if a happy mannequin behind lucent glass.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged clouds, dream, glass, John Biscello, las vegas, lucent, mannequin, New Mexico, poem, reality, sky, store, window | 1 Comment

Man on a Bicycle

Posted on February 28, 2018 by John Biscello

The man, to make a living, had plastered hundreds of faces upon walls, but there was something about this one which held him captive. It wasn’t just the stardom of her name, its siren-call, but the sheer magnitude of artifice, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Beauty, bicycle, Brassai, carnival, dream, face, image, John Biscello, Marlene Dietrich, photo, poem, Poetry, poster, siren, star | Leave a comment

Soft Focus

Posted on February 27, 2018 by John Biscello

After the fall, and subsequent radiant slumber, the child awoke to find the new world awash in lullaby, and dream-soft slips of focus. (Photo by Heather Ross)

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged child, dream, focus, heather ross, John Biscello, lake, new world, photo, poem, Poetry, slumber, vision | 2 Comments

Cherish

Posted on February 23, 2018 by John Biscello

This side of dream, to marvel in sheer trespass and longing, to engage the mystery and riot of skin, by touch and flagrant cherish.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged cherish, dream, erotic, john b, longing, love, marvel, passion, poem, Poetry, touch, trespass | Leave a comment

First Steps

Posted on February 21, 2018 by John Biscello

It is not about holding her perfect, just so, in a prescribed manner, but rather, can you slowpour your breath into one another’s hips and clefts, while swaying? It is the mutual pressing of scars together, a controlled friction that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged burn, dance, dream, intimacy, John Biscello, love, passion, poem, Poetry, romance, slow dance | 13 Comments