a poem for my daughter altar it’s the quiet way your grace shines through that drops me to my knees you, my altar all the religion i need. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. …poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars… my newest poetry collection …
PAINT-BY-NUMBERS Little girl, you shoo the gargoyles standing sentinel watch within my heart and allow me to ride white fluffed unicorns alongside you; you, my elegant, eternal sunshine. You erase the horror from my world and fill my soul with rainbow hues of paint-by-numbers. © Copyright 2014 Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
I can’t believe that my daughter is nearly a month into first grade. It seems like only yesterday that together we took a walk to her future elementary school. She was only three years old then. She sported a Tinker Bell hat atop her head and wore a Cookie Monster backpack – practice for ‘when …
YOURS TO KEEP Little girl you grow before my eyes and the feel of your hand in mine as I walk you to school stills my restless demons; I am far from a perfect man but I live to be flawless in your eyes. Every kiss you bless upon my cheek reminds me that while …
SAVIOR Man of Steel why won’t you come down from your perch high above Metropolis save me I have desperately tried to fly in your cape but you left me no field guide and in this world I need to be more than just a hero Do you remember when I gazed upon you with …
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