Joseph Pinto, the barfly poet

it’s that time! throwbackthursday! resharing old posts just because!

wrote this one in december 2015. no one noticed then. no one notices now.

(there is no audio to his poem)

‘inward’

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shameless book promotion time! another selection from my 2nd poetry collection ‘scotch & scars’ from 2020.

‘scotch & scars’ is available on amazon tinyurl.com/beaech7n

today’s selection is:

‘bank account’

shameless book promotion time! continuing with my 2nd poetry collection ‘scotch & scars’ from 2020.

‘scotch & scars’ is available on amazon
tinyurl.com/beaech7n

today’s selection is:

‘pizza’

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shameless book promotion time! the spotlight shines on my 2nd poetry collection ‘scotch & scars' released in 2020.

‘scotch & scars’ is available on amazon tinyurl.com/beaech7n

today's election is: 'served what was not requested'

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stare straight ahead. they’ll leave you alone eventually…

‘seep’

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it’s throwbackthursday time!

this one goes back to april 2014 when i was still a baby barflypoet.

(no audio to this poem)

‘entertained’

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should you ask, i won’t hold back…

‘sharp things’

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filthy fn liars

prose poetry from november of 2021.

my daughter, now 17, has special needs. i help her get ready for school every morning. i still brush her hair. i’ve been doing this since she’s been 4 years old.

‘bench’

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bar observation:

listen in on some conversations. it’s just blah blah blah. but the drinking? it’s all business.

‘dumb, or are they’

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i call these ‘lubrication pieces.’ my writing sessions start with zero ideas. so i write anything! what do i see out the window? what mundane thing is in my head? how do my clothes feel? it doesn’t need to be good. it just needs to break the ice.

‘i’ve never been here before’

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i tried to get clean.
i swear i did…

‘junkie’

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a simple little ‘quip’ today.

tired has handles.
weary keeps straps.

i know.

‘bags’

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#throwbackthursday time from previously shared posts!

this one is from 2018. one from my many 2018 notebooks...

have you ever known anyone who’ll do anything to jeopardize everything?

seems it’s a thing.

‘but a curse to him’

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happy new year!

today’s poem is one i posted a long time ago but fitting, i believe, to share once more. our world has gone downhill with no end in sight, i fear. more than ever, we must find the champion within…

‘beacon’

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i haven’t shared one of these in a while so here we go. it’s what i call my ‘prose poetry.’ i take an uncommon word and write to the emotions it stirs without using the actual word anywhere within my conjuring. enjoy!

'basorexia':
the overwhelming
desire to kiss

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shameless book promotion time!

one last share from my 2018 collection ‘a distilled spirit.’

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. if enjoyed, please indulge me the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

‘mercy killing’

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I like this one 👏🏻👏🏻🥃🥃

shameless book promotion time! more from my 2018 collection ‘a distilled spirit.’

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. if enjoyed, please indulge me the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

‘empty, still you try’

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it’s #throwbackthursday time! this one is from april of 2018.

i love that feeling of sauntering up to a bar and knocking one back before they ever knew what hit ‘em.

short. hard. and sweet.

‘wraith’

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it’s so sinful 😑

Don’t get excited. You’re only going to know what they want you to know.

shameless book promotion time! continuing with ‘a distilled spirit’ from 2018.

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon. if enjoyed, please indulge the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

'the tree'

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shameless book promotion time! continuing with ‘a distilled spirit’ from 2018.

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon. if enjoyed, please indulge the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

'dulled'

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shameless book promotion time! continuing with ‘a distilled spirit’ from 2018.

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon. if enjoyed, please indulge the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

‘you’

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it’s #throwbackthursday time!

this one is from may of 2018.
ever have a drink and just keep staring into the glass…?

‘an ipa at 9%’
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hello! time for some book promotions!

starting with ‘a distilled spirit,’ my first poetry collection published back in 2018.

‘a distilled spirit’ is available on amazon. if enjoyed, please indulge the favor of a review.

peace!

today’s selection is:

‘perils of greasy calamari’

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throwin’ it back back back today! it’s my #throwbackthursday

previously shared, this one is from june of 2018.
bar observation. the things you learn sitting next to someone…

‘brutal’
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to only hold what once we held…

‘in silence’

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yes! 👊🏻👏🏻👏🏻