Tag Archives: pen and ink

Origin Story

Posted on January 17, 2025 by John Biscello

Rending the cosmos,to midwife its own star-seed,to papoose night-bloom. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

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Turn Turn Turn

Posted on January 17, 2025 by John Biscello

Each spring they return,bound to renew small wonders–Innocent by turns. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

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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)

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Jackdaw and the Doll (2nd Edition)

Posted on November 23, 2023 by John Biscello

After a brief period of being out of print, a new edition of The Jackdaw and the Doll is now available. “Yokoyama’s graphite illustrations …fashion an understated, symbolic elegy for a famous literary voice … Poetic descriptions of Kafka’s storytelling deftly capture … Continue reading →

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Full Moon Rising

Posted on December 21, 2021 by John Biscello

Howling, to contract space for deeper emptying, to swallow moons whole.

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Crow Medicine

Posted on December 21, 2021 by John Biscello

How little they know, of her flights beyond reason– Her world, winged, widens.

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Featherweight

Posted on December 21, 2021 by John Biscello

Within the unbearable lightness of love’s proofed labor, a single quill, producing words that sing, traceless, while moving worlds to shake and reckon.

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Flight of the Jackdaw

Posted on April 7, 2021 by John Biscello

Grateful for the warm and heartfelt responses Izumi and I have been receiving to our recently released fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll. One of the reviews shared below: THE JACKDAW AND THE DOLL is that rare book for children … Continue reading →

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Ascension

Posted on October 25, 2020 by John Biscello

Crisped at the edges, gilded wings of the Phoenix fanning flames to rise. Image by Izumi Yokoyama

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Transformation

Posted on March 30, 2020 by John Biscello

There are times when it is necessary for the body to become its own cradle, a nest-fed rocking and grave trembling toward the loam of ceremony and siege, and while transformation isn’t easy, if you listen closely, tender ear to … Continue reading →

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