A Touch of the Poet

by Greg Prince on 4 February 2010 6:51 pm

Right before Pitchers & Catchers flock to Port St. Lucie, join Frank Messina and me for a little poetry & prose in Greenwich Village. Frank — better and rightfully known as the Mets Poet — and I will be preparing for Spring Training in our own way, reading on Tuesday, February 16, 6:00 to 7:30 PM, at the Cornelia Street Café, 29 Corneila Street (directions here). We’ll try not to pull any muscles in the process.

Frank is the author of a compelling book of Mets poetry entitled Full Count. It’s a must-have for any Mets fan with a soul. He’s a great spoken word artist, too, as I learned when I followed his tour de force last April at Varsity Letters. Get to know him a little better through Gelf Magazine’s March ’09 profile.

He’ll bring the Mets poetry. I’ll bring the Mets prose. Angst and euphoria will no doubt be in plentiful supply. Please join us there.

The paperback edition of Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History of the New York Mets, featuring an all-new epilogue covering the Mets’ move into Citi Field, will be released next month. You can pre-order it from Barnes & Noble and Amazon now. The book is also available in Kindle format.

Jason Fry

February 5th, 2010 at 12:06 am

The Twins signed Orlando Hudson
It makes me want to cry
And then go see Omar Minaya
And smack him with a pie

Castillo’s always grounding out
He has the range of a stone
Remember when he dropped that ball?
He never ever shall atone

O-Dawg cost a lousy five mill
Too bad our baseball team is broke
And things are gonna suck round here
Until the last Wilpon croaks

But seriously, please go see Frank
His poems are spun from heaven
You’ll see Luis every goddamn night
Through Two Thousand Fucking Eleven

CharlieH

February 5th, 2010 at 10:01 am

Niiiice!

There once was a man from Nantucket…
- Jason Fry
  
  February 5th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
  
  Thanks — couldn’t resist.
  
  Seriously, fun’s fun, but everyone should go see Frank. He’s really awesome. And that Prince guy ain’t bad either.