Tag Archives: tragedy

Bench

Posted on March 1, 2018 by John Biscello

You know the story, the bench, the promise, the waiting, the interminable stretch of waiting, and the love that never returned, as the girl became a woman and then dead. You know the legend, how the woman is still waiting, … Continue reading →

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Narcissus: a Haiku Break-Up

Posted on January 17, 2018 by John Biscello

It’s not really me, but more, well, I suppose you: nothing personal.

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Gag

Posted on October 19, 2017 by John Biscello

At God’s green altar, a clown’s dignity restored– Gag order complete.

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Siren II

Posted on October 19, 2017 by John Biscello

A knowing last glance, no man can possess a myth– To wreck, grasping air.

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Once

Posted on October 17, 2017 by John Biscello

The face you don’t see, marred by Love’s forfeit and cease– She was the one, once.

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Formula

Posted on October 15, 2017 by John Biscello

Tragedy plus pie equals comedy’s soft touch– Suffer fools gladly.

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Anne Sexton

Posted on August 20, 2017 by John Biscello

  In a ballroom gown, the suicide was delayed– Beauty, will you stay?    

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Hamlet Responding to Ophelia’s Proposal, a Haiku Film

Posted on May 17, 2016 by John Biscello

(Hamlet, played by Christopher Walken Ophelia, played by Natalie Wood Setting, a boat) To be or not to be together forever!? I feel like a swim. You? BLACKOUT

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