Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

I asked for your pain. You gave it to me. It’s time for my ‘what pains you project.’ ‘passed down from your mom’ nudge your kids along to school, from home, through life keep their nest warm; it’ll be a long, cold flight but the kisses you place upon the yet creased skin of their …

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‘rewrite’ an open book yet you rewrite my every page. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Aren’t we all lost in some way..? My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i Amazon kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J536ZC Barnes and Noble: goo.gl/SbKH26 UK Amazon paperback: goo.gl/4LcSxE UK …

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‘wasted’ it’s not the wasted dinner it’s not the wasted food it’s my wasted breath. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Pain is beautiful. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i Amazon kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J536ZC Barnes and Noble: goo.gl/SbKH26 UK Amazon paperback: goo.gl/4LcSxE …

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‘addicted from the start’ think of this: pain brought you into this world pain will take you out. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Pain is beautiful. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i Amazon kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J536ZC Barnes and Noble: goo.gl/SbKH26 …

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for my daughter ‘unconditional’ little fingers wrap around my own yet i feel the smaller one. i may have you by years but your heart has me by bounds. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: …

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‘seashell’ to be anything anywhere but lost on your shore. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i Amazon kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J536ZC Barnes and Noble: goo.gl/SbKH26 UK Amazon paperback: goo.gl/4LcSxE UK Amazon kindle ebook: goo.gl/wHsW14  

‘hobby’ so hurtful were your words your writing is only a hobby that i deleted you from future lines; instant death. i wasted no adjective used no metaphor describing your demise. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for …

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Don’t be fooled by the posers and mimics you read… ‘creed’ this is writing — earth laden nails grit crusted teeth sun-scorched hide scotch soaked pain creed of the beast. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Be real. My poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready …

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‘acoustic night’ she sings the songs that slays the hearts leaves us wanting for all the things we lack at home. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Sip it or slam it, my first poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i …

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‘clever’ always smile and hide your darkness. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Sip it or slam it, my first poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar‘ now ready for consumption at: Amazon paperback: goo.gl/31Zp1i Amazon kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J536ZC Barnes and Noble: goo.gl/SbKH26 UK Amazon paperback: goo.gl/4LcSxE UK Amazon kindle ebook: goo.gl/wHsW14