The greatest revolution will come when we demand that the "value" of a human life is not in what it produces but in the sacred, messy mystery of its process of becoming what it is.
Joseph Fasano
@josephfasano.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher | helping people write and be heard | Founder, Fasano Academy, educating the whole human being
I think this is the best passage written about AI in our time:
I'm astonished by the response to my poem "Instructions for Having a Soul." Here it is in my voice, from one human to another:
My poetry student Kristen Nimr made this photo portrait of me at my recent poetry reading in NYC. I'll be giving more events this autumn, and I hope to meet more of you out there in the world.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the reading in NYC this evening. It was wonderful to meet so many of you in person. These signed broadsides of one of my poems (designed by Chris Dean) will be available soon, and a video clip of the reading will be posted shortly. Love you all.
“We can't save the dead / but we can free them.” — Joseph Fasano
I'll be reading my poems and signing books in NYC this evening. 6 PM, Howl @ 6 E 1st Street. Everyone is welcome & I hope to see you there! ❤️
One night, after trying to write about this troubled world, after crossing out pages and pages of what I'd written, I fell asleep, dreamt of being visited by the great poet Rumi, and woke with this poem.
This is the best email a writer could get, and I treasure it more than any award or review.
I was going through old boxes, and I found this unpublished poem of mine I'd written in the back of a textbook, probably in my twenties, when I was in and out of mental health facilities. I've typed it up, in the hope that it might help someone out there.
I'm posting this today, on July 4, because some people in this world do not have the luxury of knowing the explosions they're hearing are just fireworks—and because we have work to do until everyone is free.
I found my new poem, "Happiness," after a very difficult time in my life, and I'm so glad to be able to share it with you all. It's up now on my IG: www.instagram.com/p/DZYF7gyFoh...
Joseph Fasano on Instagram: "I found my new poem, "Happiness," after a very difficult time, and I hope it reaches you and helps in some way. 🕯️ HAPPINESS Death is not the end, but I can't prove it. ...
32 likes, 4 comments - joseph.fasano on June 9, 2026: "I found my new poem, "Happiness," after a very difficult time, and I hope it reaches you and helps in some way. 🕯️ HAPPINESS Death is not the e...
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My whole mission is to break down the barriers within ourselves that lead to the barriers between each other. Thank you, Kelly, for inviting me to chat. Remember, everyone, your life is not a crime. ❤️
Thank you, @kellyclarksontv.bsky.social, for amplifying the voices of teachers and writers at a time when we need our shared humanity more than ever. ❤️
Today is my birthday, which is always a day of complicated feelings. The greatest gift is just being here, being able to keep changing, to keep becoming, in the hope that the work I'm doing is helping in some way. ❤️
I truly hope this finds its way to all who might need to hear it.
A writer's greatest advocates are his translators, so I'm deeply moved to receive a new selection of my poems translated into Italian by Pietro Federico. You can get a copy of this lovely bilingual edition here: www.edizioniensemble.it/prodotto/il-...
You have only two tasks on this hard earth: to love (to love with all of you) and not to get to the end, with all its wreckage, and find out that the voice in you that you silenced was the beautiful truth all along.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry “Lines for My Last Day, Whenever It May Come” — Joseph Fasano I knew that I wanted to post a Joseph Fasano poem this month, but I had a hard time deciding which one. Finally, this one felt right. You can find many others @josephfasano.bsky.social.
