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Tag Archives: longing
Corner Shot
The word on the street kept him waiting for a dame made of ink-wet dreams.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged haiku, ink-stained ballad, John Biscello, longing, portland, pub crawl, rose city book pub, the literary life
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Obsession
To be claimed by that which you can never possess– the cyclical deficit of longing in bated arrears.
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Tagged Cinema, david lynch, John Biscello, longing, lost highway, obsession, passion-play, patricia arquette, poem
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The Brides
Winter grows its own brides, penitent, forlorn, pining to wed a warm draft of air, a silking furl of yellow, before systemic freeze slows desire to a limnal peck. (Image: CocoRosie)
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged album, between seasons, CocoRosie, John Biscello, longing, music, poem, window, winter's brides
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Historyless Touch
Touch me where I am not, where the fade meets the form, where the furtive scent of glisten perfumes its own root cause and fable, give to me the dirty dinghied secrets of the center, the storied core, which, in … Continue reading
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Tagged absence slash presence, find me where I am not, how light stabs, John Biscello, longing, lust, poem
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Breeze
More erotic dreams about the girl from the sea– Longing, rimmed with salt
Mystery
It’s strange how you can miss someone you’ve never met as if the ache bears a secret history exclusive to its own sense of mystery and rivet.
Desire by Any Other Name
Adore, how a crush closes in on savored pink, to split flames, and corset ribbed longing.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged adore, crush, dream, flames, girl, John Biscello, longing, sensual
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Knead
From hips to belly, the distance between longing and bare knead, swelling.
Sublime
The mouth, birthing a migrant kiss, begs gravity’s pardon in raising lips to a sublime arc.
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Tagged arc, gravity, impossible, John Biscello, kiss, longing, mouth, passion, poem, Poetry, romance
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Enclosure
Sometimes, it is just a marginal thatch of shadow slivering a cheek, or the rounded vowel of dimple puckering brazenly a bare knee, or the laser surgery performed on my small, fearful history, by a stray, smoldering gaze, it could … Continue reading
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Tagged distance, enclosure, intimacy, John Biscello, kiss, knees, longing, passion, poem, Poetry, shadow, yearning
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