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Tag Archives: Poetry
Savor
I was young, fevered and full of hope. My heart, green in its country, desired to push lightning through blooms, to cherish brightly in a thousand different directions at once. It was and always has been about rounding dreams from … Continue reading
Porchlight
The porchlight in one’s personal heaven is always on, solace through staid aureole for orphans wandering heartsick in the dark.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged aureole, dark, heart, heartsick, Heaven, home, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, porchlight, solace
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The Argument
Reality and me have disagreements all the time. Reality is, by nature, inviolable. And a bit of an existential bully. I am, by illicit union, a child of fiction. And tender in the center. Reality and me don’t always see … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged center, existence, fiction, grail, John Biscello, nature, poem, Poetry, reality, story, union
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Yes
The tenderest means to a true center is through loss accepted gracefully and yes praised.
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Tagged acceptance, center, grace, John Biscello, loss, love, poem, Poetry, praise, spirit, yes
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Breadth
Clouds, how we graze upon the incalculable breadth of God, storm watch notwithstanding.
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Tagged bliss, breadth, clouds, God, Heaven, John Biscello, Poetry, sky, storm
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Skein
Intimacy, the skeining of desire bound by recourse.
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Tagged Desire, devotion, intimacy, John Biscello, love, lust, poem, Poetry, sexual
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Compass
Abiding the testimonial of scattered crumbs and clefted petals, I will follow you the snaky length of impossible and hidden places; I will follow you, claiming the hem of your shadow as my guide.
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Tagged compass, crumbs, devotion, guidance, impossible, John Biscello, love, poem, Poetry, shadow
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God’s Word Against Mine
And on the eighth day she was diagnosed an Artist, and saw that it was good and fierce and necessary, and went forth creating like a madwoman, rattling gravity shackles to the din of furor and crumbling towers within.
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Tagged artist, creative, creator, God, Goddess, John Biscello, love, poem, Poetry, rebirth, spirit, woman
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Endanger
Savior, how we endanger mirrors without further reflection.
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Tagged John Biscello, poem, Poetry, reflection, savior, spirit, spirtuality
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Dietrich in Heaven
In honor of Marlene Dietrich’s birthday (December 27th), my poem “Dietrich in Heaven.” Listen to the spoken word/music track here. Today I went to Heaven, just for a brief visit. It was a nice joint: tangerine-fleeced runways, and tufts of flamingo-pink … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Poetry, Press, Uncategorized
Tagged Audio, birthday, femme fatale, golden age, hollywood, John Biscello, Marlene Dietrich, poem, Poetry, silver screen, siren, Spoken Word, tribute, vamp
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