Tag Archives: france

The Trial

Posted on November 12, 2024 by John Biscello

Enlightened, perhaps. God-engorged hormones, maybe. Regardless of why, Joan, you were the rebel prototype long before James Dean zipped up a red jacket, or Marlon Brando mumbled and curled his upperlip into a stylized totem. Before Louise Brooks and Josephine … Continue reading →

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Veils

Posted on November 12, 2024 by John Biscello

Invention was your solitude and twin, wasn’t it, Miss Nin? The calculated manner in which you spread secret pages, like silk violet capes or fringed shawls, promising an air of mystery and desire. You enabled the cause of symmetry, so … Continue reading →

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Review of Invisible Ink

Posted on October 30, 2020 by John Biscello

(Review of Patrick Modiano’s novel, Invisible Ink.) If there is a suitcase, forged documentation, café-life and tons of mileage accumulated tramping the streets of Paris, it’s a pretty safe guess that you are inside a Patrick Modiano novel. The French … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, photography, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged book review, exsistential mystery, france, John Biscello, new book, novel, patrick modiano, Prose, riot material, yale university press | Leave a comment

In Our Solitude

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Poor resignation, accruing beatific quiet for the meek. (Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Artwork, france, haiku, John Biscello, maurice utrillo, poem, quietude, the meek | 2 Comments

Neighborhood

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Footfalls echoing upon cold, comforting stone– the scent of warm bread. (Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged france, haiku, John Biscello, maurice utrillo, neighborhood, painting, poem, street | 2 Comments

Coupling

Posted on April 2, 2019 by John Biscello

Longing comes to know itself as a bushy plant straddling the mist-slicked head of a motionless bike, the soft conjoining tease of silhouettes banking on an anonymous night. (Photo by Brassai)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged bikes do it, Brassai, everything is connected, france, John Biscello, photo, poem, the softest hours | Leave a comment

Joan of Arc

Posted on April 6, 2018 by John Biscello

Enlightened, perhaps. God-engorged hormones, maybe. Regardless of why, Joan, you were the rebel prototype long before James Dean zipped up a red jacket, or Marlon Brando mumbled and curled his upperlip into a totem, before Louise Brooks and Josephine Baker … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized | Tagged france, girl, God, Heaven, holy virgin, icon, jean seberg, joan of arc, John Biscello, martyr, mystic, Poetry, Prose, rebel, saint joan, spirit | 3 Comments

Footsteps

Posted on March 11, 2018 by John Biscello

Every last kiss, a rupture in her psyche– Unsteady walk home. (Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson)

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged alley, cobble, france, haiku, heels, henri cartier-bresson, John Biscello, lover, photo, poem, Poetry, woman | Leave a comment

Weight

Posted on March 7, 2018 by John Biscello

It gets cold out there, the weight of shadows pressing on her lonely heart. (Photo by Brassai)

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Wonder

Posted on March 6, 2018 by John Biscello

She wonders, nightly, nothing specific, just stray thoughts leaking old dreams. (Photo by Brassai)

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged alley, Brassai, dreams, france, haiku, John Biscello, photo, poem, shadow, sorrow, stray, wistful, wonder | Leave a comment