Tag Archives: home

Sanctuary

Posted on December 1, 2020 by John Biscello

“It is on the plane of the daydream and not on that of facts that childhood remains alive and poetically useful within us. Through this permanent childhood, we maintain the poetry of the past. To inhabit oneirically the house we … Continue reading →

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Homing Device

Posted on October 7, 2019 by John Biscello

The soul doesn’t calculate, it syncs itself to the legend of its origins, the glyphic runes and white-hot bones of constellational remains, where we, in costumed exile, linger and tow the fasting freight of dreams, upon which our lives are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged bask, constellational jazz, divine intervention, home, humanspeak, John Biscello, Poetry, soul | Leave a comment

And the Chairs Watched Silently

Posted on April 15, 2019 by John Biscello

An awful rowing, this sense of going nowhere, with home the fool’s goal. (Artwork by Giorgio di Chirico)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged absurd lengths, Artwork, Giorgio di Chirico, home, John Biscello, poem, the awful rowing | Leave a comment

Candles

Posted on March 16, 2018 by John Biscello

One for each of us, happy born-day, dear sister– Beyond human reach. (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Artwork, birthday, candles, dorothea tanning, haiku, home, John Biscello, Light, poem, sisters, surreal, tree | Leave a comment

Porchlight

Posted on January 2, 2018 by John Biscello

The porchlight in one’s personal heaven is always on, solace through staid aureole for orphans wandering heartsick in the dark.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged aureole, dark, heart, heartsick, Heaven, home, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, porchlight, solace | Leave a comment

Burn

Posted on November 13, 2017 by John Biscello

The out of womb blues, torch song on code red alert– Slow burning for home.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged birth, blues, burning, death, dreams, existential, great sadness, home, John Biscello, love, pain, poem, Poetry, sorrow, womb, yearning | Leave a comment

Cradle

Posted on October 29, 2017 by John Biscello

Fearful symmetry, the shape of deep, fragile love– Winter’s cradle, stirred.

Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged birth, child, cinematic, cradle, fragile, gregory crewdson, home, John Biscello, love, mother, painting, photo, photography, poem, Poetry, Winter | Leave a comment

Drawn

Posted on October 22, 2017 by John Biscello

Storm’s furious lash, pane of glass caulking sorrow– Home drawn in softly.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged glass, haiku, home, John Biscello, josef sudek, love, photography, poem, Poetry, sadness, sorrow, window | Leave a comment

Bensonhurst

Posted on October 20, 2017 by John Biscello

Bones of my birthplace, splintering in rapid tow– There’s no place like home?

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Bensonhurst, bones, Brooklyn, haiku, home, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, rapid transit, subway, train, urban | Leave a comment

Waves

Posted on October 19, 2017 by John Biscello

Beaten back by waves, Salvation’s mirage on shore– sailors dream of home.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged haiku, home, John Biscello, love, mirage, myth, poem, Poetry, sailors, salvation, shipwreck, shore, siren, Waterhouse | Leave a comment