Be a force.
I've been called a magician with words. I'll take it.
Maybe it's because my day job as a writer involves using words like magic to get people to buy stuff. Or because I literally know magic and have something more to say than ta-dah.
My work is a fusion of poetry and wizardry. It's tearing up my daughter's painting of a heart and putting it back together in a poem about our family splitting up. It's escaping from ropes to a rallying cry about liberation. Sometimes, it's just me in front of a mic with the courage to speak up.
For 20+ years, this has been my way of life. I've performed at 500+ venues from South Florida to the Philippines, won a few awards, and founded a traveling troupe of magicians called the House of Flying Cards. My words have appeared in Wildscape Lit, Moss Puppy Mag, Southern Quill, and a collection of travel poems called Postcards From NowHERE (Bottlecap Press, 2024). I organized the first Triangle Poetry Festival in 2026 as the co-director of the Third Angle Poets, an NC-based poetry collective for social change. But I'm not in it for personal glory.
Long ago, the Samurai used their swords to serve a greater purpose. So my resolve is razor-sharp: I make magic to serve others. Your joy is my reward.
Peacefully,
Antino Art
Magician With Words
IG: fatherofnali
[email protected]
Maybe it's because my day job as a writer involves using words like magic to get people to buy stuff. Or because I literally know magic and have something more to say than ta-dah.
My work is a fusion of poetry and wizardry. It's tearing up my daughter's painting of a heart and putting it back together in a poem about our family splitting up. It's escaping from ropes to a rallying cry about liberation. Sometimes, it's just me in front of a mic with the courage to speak up.
For 20+ years, this has been my way of life. I've performed at 500+ venues from South Florida to the Philippines, won a few awards, and founded a traveling troupe of magicians called the House of Flying Cards. My words have appeared in Wildscape Lit, Moss Puppy Mag, Southern Quill, and a collection of travel poems called Postcards From NowHERE (Bottlecap Press, 2024). I organized the first Triangle Poetry Festival in 2026 as the co-director of the Third Angle Poets, an NC-based poetry collective for social change. But I'm not in it for personal glory.
Long ago, the Samurai used their swords to serve a greater purpose. So my resolve is razor-sharp: I make magic to serve others. Your joy is my reward.
Peacefully,
Antino Art
Magician With Words
IG: fatherofnali
[email protected]
Photo credit: Agnes Pasco-Antonio, @Gizzi's Coffeehouse, Delray Beach
