spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
#tbt
song
you are every bit of pain
i ever did sing.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
unintended consequence
he met a girl
loved the hell out of her
they found him guilty of killing
all the best she had ever shared
so he consumed
what remained of her
saving her heart for last
hoping she would beat within him
to the end.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
the way you carry yourself
you sit at the bar
mouth hanging open
catching flies but not passion
i think you’re a good person at heart
but you probably offer lovers
a very sad existence.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
#tbt
as brothers would
toast
toast as brothers would
as brothers do
in this moment of time
our whiskey our balm
to all the injustices
and all the wrongs
we have ever endured
without knowing
the good fights
the other has fought
while like all else
it goes down
fire into our bellies
as we speak infernos
burning to the ground
until last call.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
after months of not crafting any new poetry, i finally broke the dry spell.
two weeks ago, i started writing again and because of our pandemic ridden world, did so atop my front steps.
perhaps i shall be known as the ‘housefly poet’ for awhile.
regardless, i am writing again.
and with drinks in hand…
i share with you something brand new:
rust to something louder
and so after all these months
i grip spade and grave rob the tomb
my old haunts have moved on
still fervor rattles the bones
marvel, will you
over my state of preservation
a cold corpse yet done dying
decayed lips yet done lying
aren’t we taught truth
comes from the heart
my veracities boxed now
atop another’s shelf.
you thought i’d be dust and powder.
i’ve evolved from rust to something louder
than you could ever comprehend.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars (and atop front steps) …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
backhanded lesson
i wanted
to get it right
with you.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
#tbt
a dollar for every lie
he’s a lying prick
the dime in his pocket
not worth the penny fibs
he hands out so frivolously
still you listen to his sermons
on a nightly fare; dumbstruck
while moonlight glitters in your eyes.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
want this poem in audible form? follow me on instagram: joseph_a_pinto
