Tag Archives: John Biscello

Graze

Clouds, how we graze upon the incalculable breadth of God, storm watch notwithstanding.

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Arc

It is the mouth birthing a blood-new kiss that begs gravity’s pardon and raises lips to an impossible arc.

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Claim for the Meek

I do not want to see the face of God. I want to see her mask, where and for whom it cracked, the causal history of lines and fissures; want to trace, with blind mute innocence, the light quartered and … Continue reading

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Winter, A Love Story

Winter’s brides, wearing long white scarves of sleet and song, touching pale sky to blue lips, breathing memory and frost; their sorrow and spectral want grows hands  that enclose me, a robust crush, matrimonial in its grip, until I am … Continue reading

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Claim

She, bidden by valid tense, unhooked a claim of stars, and lighted her grief inverting the symmetry of arc.

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Tatters

For many years I asked Grief to wait outside my window, a peripheral guest chancing obscure, fugitive details, and lighted tatters. Have I been a poor host, stranger to my own ghost and remnants?

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Review of The Boundary Stone

Hassett’s post-apocalyptic odyssey, through a fractured world of ruins and primordial reform, doubles as a valentine coded in hieroglyphics. Compelled by the nameless firelight (his “Beatrice”) that charges his heart and functions as an inner-compass, the narrator journeys forth, a … Continue reading

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Werewolves Don’t Waltz

A video recording of my latest play, Werewolves Don’t Waltz (a dark and surreal cabaret revolving around music, madness, and the value of one’s soul) which was staged at the Taos Community Auditorium, March 3-5. Watch here.

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Review of Raking the Dust

“Alex is a New York native living in Taos, New Mexico. Divorced dad, jobless (except for a part-time gig dressing as Spiderman) and sleeping on couches, he is devoted to one thing above all, his writing. When Alex meets songstress … Continue reading

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The Horse’s Mouth

Spoken word track on the upcoming album Arson & Grace. Featuring Ben Wright on bass. Listen here.

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