Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet
297 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -poetry written from the inside of bars served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.
...drinkin' proofs and writin' truths...
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a matter of perception
April 07, 2021 15:32 - 16 seconds - 140 KB'a matter of perception' the gloaming beckons lullaby calling of persistence; i long to soar in this purple half-light rather be lost in the rouge of the setting sun. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Ama...
song
April 07, 2021 15:29 - 7 seconds - 68.6 KB'song' you are every bit of pain i ever did sing. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
compassion is hell
April 07, 2021 15:28 - 19 seconds - 162 KB'compassion is hell' you draw her over your shoulders the warmth you’ve been waiting on for years honey in an otherwise tepid life and even as she leaves your skin flushed you never seem to notice her fingers have grown a bit colder from wear. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Sc...
a new way to kill yourself
April 07, 2021 15:25 - 21 seconds - 178 KB'a new way to kill yourself' he’s there but he’s not mind entwined in a silvery brume that holds magic and horror all at once the horror, he realizes, is that he cannot free himself once and for all from this life. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Disti...
whiskey, and why did she go
April 06, 2021 17:44 - 55 seconds - 1.49 MB'whiskey, and why did she go' this, shimmering and virginal, is where you are found reality implores, so you smooth jesus from the label while sucking vengefully at the viper is it karma acted upon or simply perspective from a duller view your beaded smile rehearses a fatal calm how attractive gods must be in slumber, far from judging, an ancient quiet screaming between your ears and you are the perpetual joke birthed from the machine but you love…you, incapable of undermining...
it hasn't escaped her
April 06, 2021 17:44 - 28 seconds - 243 KB'it hasn’t escaped her' sometimes she gets lost in the cool shade beneath her trees eclipsed in the tales of two men one she wakes to every morn the other still attached an ethereal cord from many years grown long. she wouldn’t trade her life for the lure of anything else but on occasion when her past crosses the sun her soul gives a little shiver her toes curl into the velvety dew of her lawn. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ...
barometric
April 06, 2021 17:44 - 15 seconds - 133 KB'barometric' you’ve created all the pressure inside your head, she told me. meanwhile for years i weathered her storms eroded piece by piece along my shore. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
god knows
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 23 seconds - 640 KB'god knows' god spoke to them. god said: what the fuck do you think you’re doing? tell lies in your own house not mine keep your vows under the steeple run ape shit out in the street. god is like that. god knows you’re as proper as your sunday threads but you’re a complete douche bag the rest of the week. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- S...
how do i tell you
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 35 seconds - 298 KB'how do i tell you' how do i tell you that i never meant to cause your ache i never meant to rob the moon from your sky and yet now i'm starless far removed from any good i possessed. how do i tell you the only good thing is for you to stay away from me; i'm worthless if i can't make your eyes shine. how do i tell you that my world has stopped turning without you; there's a huge difference between living and alive. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights...
dreaded dates
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 13 seconds - 119 KB'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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
soulmate
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 9 seconds - 79.2 KB'soulmate' i will die with you in my heart your name upon my tongue. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
excuse me i was writing there
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 14 seconds - 125 KB'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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
ask yourself, what was the cost
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 17 seconds - 480 KB'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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
sepulcher
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 11 seconds - 95.4 KB'sepulcher' every glance every breath i dig you deep deeper. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
the hand we are dealt
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 24 seconds - 211 KB'the hand we are dealt' it is simply the hand we are dealt that we must accept so cry stand, you say. no hit me, for i am tired of this stagnant state hit me and let the deck fall as it may twenty-one ways to dying can't be all that bad. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pint...
elephant
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 13 seconds - 122 KB'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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
grey day
April 06, 2021 17:43 - 9 seconds - 84.3 KB'grey day' symphony atop the land the rain orchestrates our sorrows. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
bruised apple
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 7 seconds - 200 KB'bruised apple' father watches son haunted by thoughts he may follow in his footsteps. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
running out of paper
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 12 seconds - 103 KB'running out of paper' this pen might fit my hand as i write of you but you, quite succinctly, fill my heart. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
you can suffer, or you can hurt
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 23 seconds - 652 KB'you can suffer, or you can hurt' bow before your king of pain kneel at the feet of misery believed once you did in retribution understood once the meaning of comeuppance no longer, i say, no more— kiss the hand, pledge allegiance to woe wallow in my expanse of angst; an unabashed scourging of the soul. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support ...
you're full of shit
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 7 seconds - 213 KB'you’re full of shit' constipate the rhetoric; a diet full of denial self-righteous exemption. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...
aching, love
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 13 seconds - 115 KB'aching, love' aching, love allows me to know a world beyond my heart that is sacred and wild mine to claim. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif...
happiness doesn't last
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 13 seconds - 110 KB'happiness doesn’t last' that shadow and the lips curl into a sneer— it was only a matter of time until you betrayed me again. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://...
don't return
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 14 seconds - 121 KB'don’t return' he writes a letter: 'crumple me up throw me away and if found don’t return to sender.' #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...
the night weeps
April 06, 2021 17:42 - 10 seconds - 85.9 KB'the night weeps' lonely is the wolf to whom its moon is lost. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
thunder girl
April 06, 2021 17:41 - 16 seconds - 135 KB'thunder girl' i think i loved you more than i loved the others because you always smelled of rain and when your eyes went red-rimmed with anger and soaked me in a downpour of contention still i sought refuge in your storm. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ...
he knew of sacrifice and god but she didn't
April 06, 2021 17:41 - 17 seconds - 146 KB'he knew of sacrifice and god but she didn’t' he prays: "god, you suck. i have prayed for the woman of my dreams only to have you take her at the first sign of adversity." #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebo...
another
April 06, 2021 17:41 - 13 seconds - 121 KB'another' another no goodnight another time with your back turned another moment left in the cold another no nothing no anything at all. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this pod...
sticky note
April 06, 2021 17:41 - 13 seconds - 119 KB'sticky note' he seals his xoxoxo’s inside her purse scrawled upon a sticky note that’s the way she likes it his love bound wherever she may go. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this...
dirty laundry
April 06, 2021 17:41 - 17 seconds - 147 KB'dirty laundry' he keeps his worlds the way he keeps his fashion slipping in and out as it suits his mood cognizant that sooner or later his laundry will pile up his security taken to the wash. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in pape...
dumb fuck
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 17 seconds - 151 KB'dumb fuck' silver-tongued in your craftiness you think me a sheep for the wool you believe you’ve pulled over my eyes but my oh my long have i hidden the big teeth i have. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle eboo...
we mourn differently
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 10 seconds - 87.1 KB'we mourn differently' you lost me now. i lost you a long time ago. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
used to
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 12 seconds - 105 KB'used to' we don’t hold hands like we used to we share nothing like we used to the only thing embraced the distance between us. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https:/...
he was vast
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 17 seconds - 488 KB‘he was vast’ she rises and falls atop the shallow tides of his chest a little girl once more fingers floating adrift the ocean of his palm fighting the currents once that had born life awaiting now to carry him away. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A...
cheating fuck
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 13 seconds - 118 KB'cheating fuck' tonight found myself in the favor of a good bourbon. my scotch gave me the evil eye. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...
the math is on point
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 6 seconds - 190 KB'the math is on point' too little too late to give two fucks. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
sibling
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 13 seconds - 113 KB'sibling' my pain is well practiced and has evolved long before i ever gave a thought why it is so encompassing engrossing and without end. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this p...
in her house, a farce
April 06, 2021 17:40 - 16 seconds - 458 KB'in her house, a farce' for all intents and purposes her company only sees bright and airy rooms locked those closet doors containing all her fabrications labeled neatly each sunday through saturday. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in...
acute awareness
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 5 seconds - 163 KB'acute awareness' ignorance is often shared without selfishness. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support
pens and mortality
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 6 seconds - 189 KB'pens and mortality' i will write this pen into the grave the way i am drinking myself to death. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...
chalk
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 19 seconds - 535 KB'chalk' was green chalk we used to draw hearts overlapping across the gaps of the front walk the moss blended so nicely despite the weeds that grew faster than our fingers could pluck so we plucked at everything cursing the lack of red chalk and clean pavement to redraw us. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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 rand...
one holiday
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 13 seconds - 365 KB'one holiday' all that remained was the tinsel glinting from beneath the bed the only reminder that once the house echoed with laughter and warm smells and something called love. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kind...
10:37 pm
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 7 seconds - 198 KB'10:37 pm' every sip brings back all that intoxicated me in the first place. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/s...
chew, swallow, repeat
April 06, 2021 17:39 - 12 seconds - 103 KB'chew, swallow, repeat' they lie denials as bland as the dinners forced across their tongues. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j...
as brothers would
April 06, 2021 17:38 - 27 seconds - 235 KB'as brothers would' toast toast as brothers would as brothers do in this moment of time our whiskey our balm to all the injustices and all the wrongs we have ever endured without knowing the good fights the other has fought while like all else it goes down fire into our bellies as we speak infernos burning to the ground until last call. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedit...
late night perils
April 06, 2021 17:38 - 23 seconds - 200 KB'late night perils' i loved the way you stabbed cigars at the end of your stilettos and cursed the newspaper deliveryman in the half-light of dawn. i loved the way we closed the clubs and cut the fat through the muck of our disco fries. if it wasn’t for your budweiser mouth i still might be in love. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is o...
a dollar for every lie
April 06, 2021 17:37 - 19 seconds - 165 KB'a dollar for every lie' he’s a lying prick the dime in his pocket not worth the penny fibs he hands out so frivolously still you listen to his sermons on a nightly fare; dumbstruck while moonlight glitters in your eyes. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © 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. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A...