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Tag Archives: sorrow
The Color of Now
There lay the casket, in the center of a damp room, an elegant horizontal initiate ready to receive first and last offerings. Burnished cherrywood veneer, its interior lined with pale pink, the color of reprieve or fresh heaven. The softly … Continue reading
Posted in Books, photography, Prose
Tagged funeral, girls, last furies, novel, red joans, sorrow
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Next?
A dancer’s sad dream– Flight, short-lived, returning to earth, sharp teeth.
Posted in Artwork, Poetry
Tagged Artwork, flight, John Biscello, linda stojak, poem, sorrow
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Wendigo
Long-distance shot of a snowy landscape, a tundra. Completely silent. A MAN enters the frame, running. He is wearing a bulky white parka, its fur-lined hood pulled over his head, and flying a fire-orange kite. We continue to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged film, grief, inner landscape, John Biscello, sorrow, the journey, wendigo, Winter
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Communion
Excerpt from No Man’s Brooklyn: I put on my headphones, turned on my music and hit shuffle. I eased into Nina Simone’s version of “I Shall Be Released.” I wondered about the state of Anya’s soul, and then thought … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged communion, grief, John Biscello, love, novel, sorrow
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Forecast
Ask the divine wordless forecast, ask the motherless child staring off into the distance as she sails a paper airplane out the opened window.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged child, dream, forecast, John Biscello, love, poem, sorrow, soul, spirit
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Train
Heartbreak, she looks down to read what she cannot see– Escape, she breathes out. (Artwork by Edward Hopper)
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged book, edward hopper, haiku, heartbreak, John Biscello, lady, painting, sorrow, story, train
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Lash
The scarring gleam, to produce penitent beads of sorrow, through a lashed eye, darkly. (Photo by Man Ray)
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged dark, eye, gleam, John Biscello, Light, Man Ray, photo, poem, Poetry, scars, sorrow, tears
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Wonder
She wonders, nightly, nothing specific, just stray thoughts leaking old dreams. (Photo by Brassai)
Valentine
Our Lady of Eternal Valentines, forever bestowing tenderest mercy and heart-shaped harbor to the world’s sorrowful lot.
Wendigo, a Winter Story
A man in a bulky white parka is running across a snowy landscape. The hood pulled over his head is lined with seal-gray fur. He is wearing plastic goggles that are caked in frost. … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged ghosts, grief, ice, John Biscello, love, melancholy, Prose, sadness, snow, sorrow, story, wendigo, Winter
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