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Joseph A Pasquale, Poet

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Behind the Poet

Writing has never been optional for The Horse Racing Poet. Like eating and breathing, it’s something integral to his existence. Everyday he is thankful to be able to share with his readers a gift of expression from something that brings him so much pleasure.

It wasn’t easy getting his first break in the publishing world. Finally after hundreds of rejections he found an excited and willing publishing house in New York City to launch his career. This is the first chapter of his professional literary life. Recently, the Horse Racing Poet has completed a series of poetry books involving animals, dogs and horses.

In 2021, Pasquale's poetry collection was added to the national archive in the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

KINDRED SPIRITS: HORSE RACING NAME POEMS

August, 2020

This poetry and Horse Racing Name poem collection, Kindred Spirits: Horse Racing Name Poems was inspired by horse racing names at current tracks across America. In total, each horse name originated from about twenty-five race tracks across the United States.

Throughout the process, our poet worked with a poetic postulation to the following questions: What meaning can we associate to every word we encounter? How can we choose to interpret that meaning and then associate it again to an even greater meaning we choose to construct?

This book collection was such an experiment in poetry. The poetry structure is Senryu. As tempting as it was to add or delete words, our poet refrained in order to maintain the material’s integrity. The book is separated into three sections to arc the reader’s journey through wisdom, nature and hope.

In 2021, Pasquale's poetry collection was added to the national archive in the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.