-
Archives
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
-
Meta
Tag Archives: life
Slant
There are no promissory notes in life, there are fugitive scraps upon which we can opt to scribble our heart’s mind, and most tender sublime, tatters registered to light’s lilting slant, granting us grace from unexpected angles.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged heart, John Biscello, life, Light, love, poem, slant, soul
Leave a comment
Glistening
It is sudden, this life, a billowing pop-up tent for the quick and the dead. And how true that, its frayed denouements of thread lead you back and back again through that labyrinth, its spool of yarn the ravels of … Continue reading
Reckon
You, true to your own scythe, perpetrate with fierce love, small necessary deaths, you, whispering sweet winged words of encouragement to your reaper, Hurry now, slowly, and bless my broken softly, bless every last ghost through the numinous host of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged death, John Biscello, life, love, poem, reaper, resurrection, self
Leave a comment
Sculpt
To sculpt, with just the right amount of brandish, and restraint, how you, art to your own crumble and chasten, exact marvel, slowly, at the Muse’s favored bidding.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged art, creation, John Biscello, life, Muse, poem, Poetry, spirit
Leave a comment
Sincerely Yours
Breath, you are my true master, and I, your borrowed disciple, graced by the slow dignity of equal measures, allotted free of charge, if attention is paid, with sincerest regards.
Growing Young
I want to grow young with you, she said. It made perfect sense. People had it all wrong. You don’t grow old, your body, this borrowed vessel, it withers and ages and decays, your body grows old, your brain grows … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged cosmos, dreams, exisential, God, John Biscello, life, mystery, old age, out of womb blues, poem, Prose, soul, Source, spirit, youth
8 Comments
No Dominion
It was about time, epitaph planned in advance– Will you dance with me?
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged dance, death, Dylan Thomas, epitaph, gallow's humor, grave, haiku, immortality, John Biscello, life, poem
Leave a comment
Pearl Diver
She, the pearl-diver, master of holding her breath, breathes out, and rises.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged breath, breathign, dream, girl, haiku, John Biscello, life, master, pearl, pearl diver, poem, spirit, water, woman
Leave a comment
Starseed
Rending the cosmos, to midwife its own star-seed, to papoose night-bloom. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, birth, child, cosmos, izumi yokoyama, John Biscello, life, midwife, night bloom, painting, phaiku, poem, starseed
Leave a comment
Ashes to Ashes
Out of the ash-heap, she imagined something new would emerge, but when the wind blew and scattered the ashes to reveal nothing but scorch-marks upon scarred earth, she understood, with a great sense of loss, that form followed function only … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged ashes, dust, faith, John Biscello, life, phoenix, poem, Poetry, rebirth, spirit, wind, woman
Leave a comment
