this is my trauma process. i stare at it. i drink with it. i allow it to consume me. then i vomit it from every pore and lap it up again. everyone leaves. in silence their song. ‘in my head’ i still lack the suitabilities of physical science my eyes of opal fire, conversations rich in distant ink abyss. i pity the child this small boy within, who as phenomenons go has yet vanished; for him every straight line magnetized in terror, every moment a resurrection of atrophy: who will leave now in wha...
Apr 28, 2025•37 sec
here’s a poem from my ‘bar observations’ pile. yes, it really happened. yes, the dude shred air like nobody’s business. and yes, i got all kinds of f***ed up that night. ‘front row’ he played the meanest air guitar i ever did see. scotch after scotch i drank and when he paid his tab i begged for a curtain call. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from i...
Apr 17, 2025•12 sec
it’s too late for that now, isn’t it? ‘end of the trek’ all i want is for one person to recognize the amount of pain i endure on a daily basis and to hear the words how are you before i quit. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections availabl...
Apr 07, 2025•12 sec
i want to rip her open… i want to be back inside her skin… ‘edacious’ a year since we’ve truly spoken. tack another half just to twist my guts. rationality wipes scores from the wall but fingers persist the death spiral down. a hole to another universe swallowed the sheetrock and it’s just as good cause it hides the cavity my fist punched through. i miss you. and if you come back to my world again i’d consume your bones. take in all your cells so no matter what i do that do ain’t done alone. pri...
Apr 01, 2025•57 sec
what is love to you? is it about doing the little things? or is it simply about one thing few know little of – showing up. ‘close but no cigar’ you did everything but love me. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback a...
Mar 28, 2025•5 sec
i call these my ‘throwaway pieces’ or my ‘fillers.’ snippets of something that come to mind while i’m in-between poems or actually in the middle of writing one. when that happens, i’ll stop the poem on a dime, quickly jot down the words i see in my head, then resume. i’ve shared a lot of them & don’t give them a second thought. to be honest, sometimes i don’t think they’re very good. but they come from somewhere so there must be meaning. what do you think? what stops you on a dime? do you ha...
Mar 27, 2025•7 sec
‘what buries’ (from dead bird) keep bones in palms anything other you are a liar silence is violence too dirt for the flower shelter for its seed aren’t we all in love with someone else faked until time comes due and what flees from breast we cannot cage despite the sorrow and all the aching what buries does not keep dirt what buries does not keep dirt. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The lar...
Mar 25, 2025•36 sec
‘set me straight’ my urging maddened a long master steeped bitter death thirst under diseased and heedless skies so very strange the senses, and her placed finger upon lips— “everything perishes,” she roils her brightness a ruby gone undiscovered who could question or spin from her gravity; perhaps her pale hands will harness something other than a passing one day. i wait shivering under the singular crookedness of her baptizing. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto ©...
Mar 21, 2025•35 sec
‘thumbs’ your lips inclined for summer i filled your lacking chest with unpublished form and desire as a great artist would but so much more confessional and like idle draperies, you hung autumn conversations before nights grew long, or familiar or hastened, and dark, without evidence of the complete picture i believed you would be. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my...
Mar 20, 2025•28 sec
go to the local bar. not a party bar. a dim gritty local bar. sit. order a drink. settle yourself in. listen closely. feel the energy. read the faces. allow the stories into your pores… ‘r.i.p. social media’ funeral services will be held today for all the martyrs that write of their inconsequential woes while down at the local bar tears fill the beers of the woebegone and forgotten. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedite...
Mar 19, 2025•15 sec
when love was actually at the bar… ‘romance is dead’ they hold hands on their way out of the bar. stares, the stares eyes boring into their backs. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www...
Mar 18, 2025•11 sec
old poem here, but i still remember this moment, still remember the tullamore dews being passed over my notebook and thinking to myself ‘i hope no one spills their shots.’ of course, i was the one to spill his shot on my notebook then furiously dabbed at the puddle atop the page. this poem serves as a lesson that sometimes the ‘you’ i write about is actually self-reflective. ‘it never dries’ i can write over stains of tullamore dew in my notebook but i cannot write over fuck-ups you’ve committed...
Mar 17, 2025•9 sec
‘she’s here’ simplicity what passion should be the great white canvas brushed no explanation a gaze that shines in the vacuum. illusion stitched behind the lids, i have longed to perceive, to know tactile existence, conditioned for a height i’ll fall living; and then she slipped like christmas into my mouth, a gift, and left my tongue of cloves, and the tearing sound of sight beautiful and awful at once; and the knowing, the sweet simplicity of my knowing. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * ...
Mar 07, 2025•39 sec
‘writer’s block of lovers’ desperate to express how much he misses her his pen loses all penchant for words. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Mar 06, 2025•9 sec
‘long night’ i don’t want to go home. a hangover and hell awaits. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Mar 04, 2025•7 sec
‘hypocrisy’ the hypocrisy you unfurl like a banner from your tongue a bold statement to the world: your windows are free of streaks; your rooms an absolute mess. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook o...
Mar 03, 2025•13 sec
‘how do they stay together’ he talks she listens and listens and listens listens. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Feb 26, 2025•13 sec
‘four guys in the corner of the bar’ a motley crew their voices rang uneducated, inebriated barely tolerated; their spouses relieved they weren’t at home. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazo...
Feb 22, 2025•12 sec
‘quiescent’ a draw between lips, a capture within lungs. i fear this air may be no good for me. it tastes of what you took and what i gave and already repeats. there’s a stirring come november, a chromatic death dust around my tongue and i can count all our late-night conversations spiraling slowly, slowly in the wind. why are you not here to pull snug against my neck? there’s a bite to the sky nastier than the instance you snapped i don’t love you the same way anymore so now near feral things i...
Feb 21, 2025•1 min
‘blame the signal not the service’ "there’s a disconnect," she says. he scrolls their long trail of messages and finding no apparent betrayals realizes he has simply been unplugged. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in p...
Feb 11, 2025•16 sec
‘avoid’ i’m doing everything i can to avoid you which is hard because the distance between us is so great anyway. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Jan 30, 2025•10 sec
‘her abstract is fucked up’ upon the wall her latest creation twisted abstract; wire for bone— window shades where eyes flutter hole in sheetrock for the jagged heart. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and e...
Jan 29, 2025•14 sec
‘conversation has lost us’ we must be disillusioned staring out into the great void thinking we can traverse oceans in paper boats. the messages we carry to ferry us one coast to the next will only dissolve upon contact with water bleed one letter into next. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' ...
Jan 28, 2025•21 sec
‘hide behind the words’ on and on she declares her strength to the world every syllable shining while the conviction behind it remains shaken. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.ets...
Jan 24, 2025•10 sec
‘denial’ he never had a drinking problem until he met her. then the acceleration of heartbeat paired with the numbing slowdown of brainwaves became essential to his being. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback a...
Jan 23, 2025•14 sec
‘cell phone’ i’m not ignoring you , she said as her thumbs danced eyes lied. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Jan 22, 2025•9 sec
‘inquiry versus demand’ she asks a question (just speaking her mind) a snarl from her throat— isn’t that the prevailing problem a matter of two realities inquiry versus demand oh we are so far off so far and away from each other that conversation no longer exists between lines and all must be deciphered from tomes that no longer hold meaning or respect for history. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment ...
Jan 21, 2025•26 sec
‘late night’ mascara rimming your eyes keeps the pools from spilling while you sell sex freely from your lips; crimson explosion— you're slaying them in droves. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on...
Jan 20, 2025•12 sec
‘i’ve got nothing’ your words are heartfelt delivered to a heart worn. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Jan 17, 2025•6 sec
‘i will prove you otherwise’ i’ve lost my muse i’ve lost my swagger but i’ve never lost that motherfucking chip on my shoulder. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/Jose...
Jan 16, 2025•10 sec
