Tag Archives: magic

Girl in the Dark, Twice

Posted on November 28, 2025 by John Biscello

1. A girl in the dark, in a corner, spitting out sunflower seeds, spitting out sunflower seeds into the dark. Pppfft-pppfft, the sound her mouth makes when spitting, and the barely audible plip when the shells hit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose | Tagged creation, dark, fiction, girl, magic, no story, Poetry, ponderance, Prose, seeds, shadows, speculation, story, vanishing | Leave a comment

Seer

Posted on January 17, 2025 by John Biscello

How little they know,of her flights beyond reason–Her world, winged, widens. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

Posted in Artwork, Poetry | Tagged Artwork, flight, haiku, magic, pen and ink, poem, Poetry, seer, waiting period | Leave a comment

Review Tales

Posted on July 17, 2024 by John Biscello

Excerpt from Jeyran Main’s recently published review of The Jackdaw and the Doll on “Review Tales.” “The Jackdaw and the Doll is an ode to the storyteller’s journey, a celebration of the art that arises from the deepest wells of … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork, Books, photography, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized | Tagged Artwork, fable, flight, haunted, imagination, kafka, magic, Review, storytelling | Leave a comment

Balloon and Jukebox

Posted on August 4, 2022 by John Biscello

She would name the balloon Clarice. She always thought she should have been named Clarice. Perhaps in another life. Clarice was yellow. She decided that Clarice should go on a journey. She would open the window and let her out. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose | Tagged balloon, childhood, fragment, jukebox, letting go, loss, magic, nostalgia, Prose | Leave a comment

Alchemical Cahoots

Posted on December 24, 2020 by John Biscello

There are, the wizard explained, contracts with the invisible world. There are binding contracts. And ones that can be dissolved. How can I tell the difference between one and another? Listen. Listen for what? Listen. For? Listen for listening. Listen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose | Tagged alchemy 101, John Biscello, magic, Prose, sorcerer's apprentice, wizard, wonder | Leave a comment

Choir

Posted on November 26, 2020 by John Biscello

“… even in the darkest times we have a right to expect some illumination . . . This may well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickering, and often weak light that some men and women, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prose | Tagged beacons, Hannah Arendht, John Biscello, Light, magic | Leave a comment

Door II

Posted on August 6, 2018 by John Biscello

When the trap door fell, he remembered who he was– Peter Pan leapt, soared.

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Hide

Posted on May 8, 2018 by John Biscello

I am guilty of having poured too many words on top, too many phrases turned to silver coins massaged into the gaping eternity of palms, I have done my best to imitate the rain, and have failed, but how fucking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged John Biscello, language, love, magic, naked, palms, passion, poem, Poetry, soul, words | Leave a comment

Currency

Posted on April 23, 2018 by John Biscello

Language, a living currency and greening force, gospel and amorphic in its leanings toward the freest and most daring aspects of your imagination, well beyond margins, syntax, and staid forms.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged currency, daring, gospel, John Biscello, language, magic, matter, Poetry, protean, spirit, words | Leave a comment

Mermaid

Posted on April 19, 2018 by John Biscello

Mermaid in torn jeans, sea glistening on her knees- Your myth is safe with me.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged body, enchantment, John Biscello, knees, love, magic, mermaid, myth, ocean, poem, prayer, sea | 9 Comments