Joseph Fasano

@josephfasano

Writer, Teacher | helping people write and be heard | Founder, Fasano Academy, educating the whole human being

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Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 21d

I think this is the best passage written about AI in our time:

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 21d

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Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 22d

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.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 22d

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Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 23d

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.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 24d

keep going ❤️

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· 24d

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! ❤️

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 10

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.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 10

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Little Hymn

In the deep
woods, in high summer,
we found the doe
doing her one great thing—
it took
as long as life takes
(new moon, day-
break, morning),
and the fawn stood
and sneezed among the sunlight.

Why are we giving the mystery
to machines?

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 8

This is the best email a writer could get, and I treasure it more than any award or review.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 8

I was going through old boxes, and I found this unpublished poem of mine I'd written in the back of a textbook, probably in my twenties, when I was in and out of mental health facilities.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.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 5

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.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 4

July 4, 2026

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 3

xoxo

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jul 2

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Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Jun 19

This is for all the healers everywhere. 🕯️

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 21

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. ❤️

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 21

Listening to the Billionaire
Tell Us AI Is Just the Newest Tool
That Everyone Will Benefit From

Joseph Fasano

When men
broke open
the miraculous power
of the atom,

the first thing they did
with it
was deliver it
into the hands
of the schoolchildren

of Hiroshima.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 20

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. ❤️

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 14

I truly hope this finds its way to all who might need to hear it.

The Passion

What have you done three times
with your life?
Let it crumble?
Tried to lift it?
Stayed?

Listen: there will be time
for the wonder of wonders,
for the miraculous kingdom
that Spring is,
but today
there is nothing but the trouble—

(this hungering, this scent
of bread, this rage)—

and a man on his knees among his captors
with a crown of thorns
on his temples
and a cross of cedar on his shoulder
and his eyes that find
your eyes now
in the wild crowd
and ask you, in their language
of silences,
What would happen, what
would finally happen
if you opened, if you broke
so wholly open
that you gave your ruin the last chance
to undo you.
Today is when you stop wasting your pain.

—Joseph Fasano

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 8

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-...

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· May 7

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Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 29

may this reach you in time

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 29

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:

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 28

Thank you to The Dewdrop for discussing and featuring my work today: thedewdrop.org/2026/04/28/j...

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 26

Thinking about all the people around the world—especially the children—who have to live under the constant threat of violence, and whose names will never be in any newspaper.

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 14

In our insane world, I kneel before this figure, and I listen. 🕯️

Pietà

Mary speaks

They will say that I am just
a troubled mother.
They will say I raised a madman
for the ages, his wild heart
a curse to every Caesar.
They will say I couldn't make a world
untorn.

I gave my life, I gave my death
to make him.
And you, there, stranger
in your own arms,
a great thing has been ripening
inside you.
Look at him, look
at my life now.
It's time, it's time, it's time now.
It doesn't matter
how the story ends,
what wreckage.
Love so hard you help God to be born.

—Joseph Fasano

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 9

I really think the Artemis mission has made most people feel that this is what humanity has to do:

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 9

what can I do / if I can't change it?

Joseph Fasano@josephfasano· Apr 8

If you'd like me to come chat with your community about poetry, peace, and change, just message or email me, or reach out to my team at TheFasanoAcademy@gmail.com.