Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

  here it is! the cover of my new poetry collection Scotch and Scars.   written entirely from the inside of bars (as was my first collection, A Distilled Spirit), Scotch and Scars flows with unflinching ruminations, observations and of course my favorite spirit – scotch.   reserve your copy of Scotch and Scars now …

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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  

‘germophobe’ it would be my luck that you show up hacking your lungs spraying disease all over the bar when all i wished was to drink write raw poetry eat grilled meat instead no amount of disinfectant can make me feel sterile; already my skin turns green like the mucous seeping from your nose. i …

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‘obvious metaphor’ though pretty the dandelions choke and kill the lawn. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. What are you waiting for?? ‘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  

‘blank page’ he is all she never wrote. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. What are you waiting for?? ‘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