Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet
poetry written from the inside of bars served raw and unedited from the moment crafted....drinkin' proofs and writin' truths...
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peering through (opens the original)
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it’s shameless book promotion time! i’ve already shared poetry from my collections ‘ a distilled spirit, ’ ‘ scotch & scars ,’ and ‘ from my front steps .’ now we move along to my 4th collection from 2024, ‘ dead bird .’ i hit my ‘groove’ during the writing of ‘ dead bird. ’ i believe writers should follow an evolutionary timeline of growth and introspect. sometimes that road is paved by the natural process of life. sometimes, it’s triggered more forcibly. the sudden passing of my pet bird spark
when will we be us (opens the original)
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and now the conclusion of my shameless book promotion time for my 2021 collection ‘from my front steps.’ how far does the string stretch..? ‘from my front steps’ is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review. today’s selection is: ‘when will we be us’ you can’t share my drink but we can share the sky do you gaze as i do alone atop front steps filling spaces with question marks while the breeze exclaims touch atop skin and i am dumbstru
not hungry anymore (opens the original)
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on we go with my shameless book promotion time! continuing with my 2021 collection ‘from my front steps.’ can you ever have what you truly want? i lose my appetite thinking about it… ‘from my front steps’ is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review. today’s selection is: ‘not hungry anymore’ seems as though everyone’s inside chilling skin and protecting themselves barriers come in cloth now as if words did not infect enough i sunburn
chronic pain (opens the original)
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more of my shameless book promotion time! continuing with my 2021 collection ‘from my front steps.’ at the time of its writing, i was struggling with the effects of spinal stenosis, masking the pain with copious amounts of booze and unwilling to lean into self-healing even while i still readily helped others. i had to learn that healers have their own process, and timeline, before accepting and stepping into what they already own. ‘from my front steps’ is available on amazon. if you enjoy it, pl
the forgotten phase (opens the original)
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more of my shameless book promotion time! continuing with my 2021 collection ‘from my front steps.’ covid-19 was a helluva time, wasn’t it? it began to expose the ugly divide in our country. the selfishness. it only made you wonder if reality was truly a fabrication, & how dependent we are on crutches to see ourselves through… ‘from my front steps’ is available on amazon. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review. today’s selection is: ‘the forgotten phase’ the country closed tigh
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