Tag Archives: time

Smoke

Posted on October 19, 2020 by John Biscello

Mortal ponderance– Where did the time go this time? Smoke favors silence. Photo by Josef Sudek

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Timeshare

Posted on December 16, 2018 by John Biscello

It is scary once you realize that the past can be changed, and that the future is fixed, a rigged absolute. Knowing that changes everything. And what about the present? For some the present is intolerable cruelty, unimpeachable company. For … Continue reading →

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Gauge

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

The sun, like a brandied dream, slips away beneath the world’s ending, or beginning, same difference, by the sea’s ancient gauge and meter.

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Gash

Posted on August 23, 2018 by John Biscello

Nostalgia, backlit by a warm, gashing flare, scoring Time’s passage.

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Bridge

Posted on March 20, 2018 by John Biscello

Long ago, slowly crossing the bridge in winter– Footprints in fresh snow. (Artwork by Hiroshige)

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Beginning Now

Posted on March 15, 2018 by John Biscello

Craft. Tactile homage, and respect to craft, its inviolable depths and integrity, to approach craft as you would a fertile god, to practice, radically, at its altar, to consecrate with marked intent, and to know in your heart’s heart that … Continue reading →

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Vortex

Posted on March 11, 2018 by John Biscello

Inevitable, the vortex calling her back– Little girl’s first loss. (Photo by Heather Ross)

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Quest

Posted on January 3, 2018 by John Biscello

One thing we cannot recover is time. And perhaps every writer, as a fugitive stalker, as a fool-hero on a desperate quest, sets himself this glorious, impossible task, the solvent recovery of time through the mortal fetters of a merciful … Continue reading →

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Awake

Posted on December 31, 2017 by John Biscello

I awoke early and took my sweet time getting ready to exist in the way and who I wanted to become.

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William Faulkner

Posted on November 8, 2017 by John Biscello

Moon turning blood-red, tides roiling, writer signs crosses to stand Time’s test, sound and fury bridled through carnal lightning and soil of pen.

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