Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

  elopement   so this is it the guests have gone the way unattended no one to witness your first dance did you sweep away your lack of rsvps along with your growing return of regrets they were released, you know doves to sky, or rice so cliché the old italian man grips the broom …

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  it’s a fine looking family, don’t you think?   ‘FROM MY FRONT STEPS‘ now available on Amazon   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.   ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at …

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  spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!   #tbt   lost without you   the clock strikes an empty passage as in this dark fingers stifle sobs but not the pain that flows through them.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw …

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acute awareness   ignorance is often shared without selfishness.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.   listen to this poem   ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled …

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    spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!   #tbt   dreaded dates   one more minute before midnight;   one more shot slammed back my mourning carried over to another long year.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited …

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  soulmate   i will die with you in my heart your name upon my tongue.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.   listen to this poem …

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  excuse me, i was writing there   there is nothing worse than someone inadvertently stealing your chair while you’re taking a piss and the residue of their mojo ruining your groove.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all …

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  ask yourself, what was the cost?   tonight there will be no words no tender crafting of stanzas tonight you have lost all your magic; tonight   you have lost.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry …

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  spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!   #tbt   elephant   tiptoeing around subtleties dropped casually in the room sidestepping with caution while the ruse stomps up the staircase down the hall.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. Poetry served to you raw and unedited …

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