‘innocence suffers’ he’s out in this world gaps within the dna birthed by snakeskin intentions child will never know child will never understand — the devil lives in twisted words heavy hearts and unholy unisons. * ‘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' po...
Jan 15, 2025•20 sec
‘birds and bees’ one day when you are older i will tell you all about that thing called love and how it was a lie. * ‘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 14, 2025•10 sec
‘leave me be’ there is nothing worse than writing bullshit beside someone who wants to talk it. * ‘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 13, 2025•7 sec
‘brush strokes’ you're such a fake painting the perfect picture for others you’re an abstract portrait 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 Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto...
Jan 10, 2025•8 sec
‘anakin’ train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose. still i clench her tight within my palms. shimmer of stars lighting the cluster of my nerves and she shines straight through. tell me, how can i release her, how in this universe can i ever move on? black hole within a turning heart, she pulls me deep. deeper. every ounce of strength lightyears from anything i gave before yet our promise once lambent now alabaster. expect me to step into light when all i’ve wanted fractures? bring...
Jan 07, 2025•1 min
what do we hear from the desperate person? are the words taken from context, or only that which we choose to hear or think we know…? ‘empathy’ before you get angry please understand i couldn’t hold out anymore. * ‘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' poet...
Dec 05, 2024•7 sec
‘what we love will kill us’ (from ‘dead bird’) i have trouble sitting inside myself. you think i am quiet gazing out the window but i am pacing the perch. i know the blue sky will eat me whole. i just wonder will it will break my neck first. * ‘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...
Nov 12, 2024•24 sec
‘neglecting the pet: an overview’ (from 'dead bird') you swing my door open i won’t come out extend a hand i won’t budge you’ll feed me now to starve me later you’ll free me now to put me back away you think it’s okay you think i think i should feel blessed and you deflect my depression oh you’ve open walls (at best) swing my door open i won’t come out extend a hand i won’t budge feed me now starve me later free me now put me back away you think it’s okay you think i think i should feel blessed ...
Oct 30, 2024•54 sec
‘peering through’ (from 'dead bird') no childhood to fall back on small wonder i fear cliffs sterilized by the book i made myself fertile across a page; am i beautiful a bruise is a knuckle unaware of the patient hand so truth slurs sometimes through lips stained red and the bars of this cage allow more room than they should silence is like darkness unwanted, but coming. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the m...
Oct 22, 2024•35 sec
‘accepting the silence’ (from 'dead bird') once the blood stains the hands is there coming back or do we start over accepting the silence perhaps interment is a matter of layers a depth of infliction meant to condition the mind of the true horrors that await there is no use brandishing palms not when the stigma already infects self left to rot inside out spat and consumed again mother mary enjoys best dishes cold bones to pick last don’t worry dear i strain vocal cords now so you won’t hear me s...
Oct 16, 2024•41 sec
‘first taste of fall’ one more thing strapped to my back i have loosened searching for pockets to shift its weight i never learn all that’s been collected is just one more thing someone forgets so why can’t i drop it i deserve to be weightless hollow boned, less structure, more space what’s it like to wake careless, what’s it like to wake knowing, another seed i thought flower turned to vine a voiceless thought friend becomes stranger lover’s dedication two-times it’s just one more thing until y...
Oct 09, 2024•1 min
‘bar: 5:02 pm sunday’ maybe i won’t find healing here but i sure as hell won’t suffer anymore. * ‘DEAD BIRD’ RELEASES OCTOBER 15! TUNE IN FOR MORE DETAILS ! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Oct 02, 2024•9 sec
‘harbinger’ i told her i’d check in for a weekend and if no reply she’d know where to collect me. * MY NEW POETRY COLLECTION RELEASES OCTOBER 15! DETAILS TO COME ! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Sep 23, 2024•8 sec
‘you’re hurting me’ sky falls a slap to the head the sea notwithstanding still, a ringing in my ear and you, with your fondness for forests, leave me as still and cruelly as silent. my stupid facial expression from its pocket and read like an inscription duplicity has again set its teeth onto me. while you, indifferent, unspeaking and unsharing, slowly become what he became to you; an instrument, no longer the heart. * MY NEW POETRY COLLECTION RELEASES OCTOBER 15! DETAILS TO COME ! * #barflypoet...
Sep 16, 2024•36 sec
‘it’s midafternoon and i’ll be drinking all night’ sit, rediscover faith; false prophets will eventually drain your pocket in time. your maker won’t be found in gospel rather the sting at the back of your throat. * MY NEW POETRY COLLECTION RELEASES OCTOBER 15! DETAILS TO COME ! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Dist...
Sep 12, 2024•17 sec
‘fodder’ what attracted you to my writing in the first place? did you say to yourself here is a man unabashedly sharing his pains and losses and inner most thoughts sans the veil of anonymity in such a refreshingly raw and vulnerable way that eventually i’ll reduce him to a depth lower than he’s ever wanted to know? * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'From My Front...
Sep 06, 2024•20 sec
‘the logic of drinking bourbon alone’ an untimely breakup is like a death really, your lover in the here no longer in the now. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Aug 27, 2024•11 sec
there are no leads a crime scene now he thumbs through his phone searching for clues a motive behind the tragic death of a starstruck boy and his once in a lifetime love. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Aug 26, 2024•13 sec
‘learning to show you my bruises too’ sometimes it’s just one thing that sends the insecure boy scrambling for hidden meaning, for deeper meaning, so scared you’ll say it’s time for you to go home. sometimes the man smiles while the boy stands in tears. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry coll...
Aug 16, 2024•20 sec
‘take what you are wherever you are’ in my house and i feel unsettled. out of my house and i feel unsettled. within myself and i am grounded. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Aug 14, 2024•14 sec
‘mine’ she collects hearts wherever she goes yet dropped the biggest she’ll find. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Aug 13, 2024•7 sec
i no longer get off... ‘your words’ your words masturbate repeat over and over. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Aug 05, 2024•7 sec
‘welcome’ i fear i’ve made home a pad, a ghost, a bottle an empty space with structure structure grieving its loss loss so full and round it’s awful. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jul 30, 2024•18 sec
‘she has left me in silence’ and i fear another long season grows upon me. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jul 17, 2024•7 sec
‘it lacks the likes’ they throw words together; i collide my life. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jul 16, 2024•7 sec
‘square between the eyes’ it’s a bitch, isn’t it? you spend half your life trying to be part of something then realize you’re enough. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jul 15, 2024•10 sec
‘without milk’ as a young boy i’d eat cheerios one by one filling myself most on the nothing within them. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jul 10, 2024•9 sec
‘cemetery’ my father is dead and i since left inanimate by the living. * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jun 28, 2024•7 sec
‘oneirocritic’ a plane must taxi the runway before takeoff yet i never hesitated handing you my heart. and across this abstract sphere of nothingness we now find ourselves there remains no gate for boarding, no means to come home. luggage heavier than my head and shuffling feet replace the space to rest either. the plans we made a hole i fell in. my father worked so hard he sometimes fell asleep eating dinner at the table and i blink out the same way thinking of you standing up, waiting for my r...
Jun 19, 2024•1 min
‘small of her back’ to infinity and beyond! * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * '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...
Jun 13, 2024•6 sec
