Tag Archives: resurrection

Girl, Interrupted

Posted on January 17, 2025 by John Biscello

The girl in the chairis no longer the girl in the chair,she is neither here nor there,she is always and forget-me-not,soul-spray and glacial uproarcausing a siege,she is the spidery patternsof her exploded heart,woven in to the ritual symmetryof a fibrous … Continue reading →

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Theme for a High School Dance

Posted on November 18, 2024 by John Biscello

There is a rumor that Laura Palmer is going to be at the dance. While you don’t know her personally, all you can think about is the exquisite mystique of her televised corpse, and how her voice, on a karmic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose | Tagged Cinema, dance, david lynch, high school, laura palmer, movies, Prose, resurrection, story, tv, Twin Peaks | Leave a comment

Encore

Posted on January 1, 2024 by John Biscello

Kill someone in your mind. Bring them back to life. Throw a party to celebrate their resurrection. Do the same thing again, replacing someone with you, and mind with dream.

Posted in Poetry, Prose | Tagged dream, mental state, mind stuff, poem, Prose, resurrection, think tank, words | Leave a comment

After Party

Posted on November 24, 2019 by John Biscello

She, Lazarus, back from the dead, with a musical vengeance— A beat, Christ, please, she asks of her martyred D.J., half-light, half-man, and out climbs her voice, grinding through rubble, a dark velvet toy wound up for centuries, released, on … Continue reading →

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Twilight

Posted on May 26, 2018 by John Biscello

As a child I searched high and low for the right kind of magic to heal my mother’s pain never truly understanding how heavy the chains were nor how the forgers names etched in every link belonged to Legion claiming … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged bond, chains, dreams, heroes, John Biscello, keys, love, mother, poem, resurrection, son, twilight | 2 Comments

Reckon

Posted on May 17, 2018 by John Biscello

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

Pearl

Posted on March 29, 2018 by John Biscello

Drowned at a young age, angel to a sunken arc– find her pearl-diving.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged angel, childhood, dive, ghost, girl, hurt, John Biscello, pearl, poemm haiku, resurrection, sea, wreck | Leave a comment

Stir

Posted on September 17, 2017 by John Biscello

Scraping grave remnants, the woman’s canceled bones stir– You will know my name.

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged bones, grave, haiku, John Biscello, mask, photo, poem, Poetry, reclaim, resurrection, woman | Leave a comment