POETRY AND BASEBALL

"Do you know what it’s like
To be chased by the Ghost of Failure
While staring through Victory’s door?
Of course you do, you’re a Mets fan"

FRANK MESSINA, the self-proclaimed Mets Poet.

Forget alcoholism, depression, and suicide...to be a real poet you have to be a Mets Fan!!! Just ask Frank Messina, self-proclaimed "Mets Poet," who is likening this season's Metropolitan's collapse to the fall of Troy. Just like a poet...alluding to the classics.

THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT

OK, I figured out what to do. I just deleted one of my blogs that contained ALOT of my previously unpublished poetry, because I'm finding that many publishing venues will not accept work if it has been published somewhere before, AND most are including internet publishing , even blogs! I guess it makes sense. Why would they want to print something if it is readily available on the internet for free?

So, until further notice, (most of) MY POETRY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON MY BLOGS. Sorry to disappoint my legion poetry fans, but you'll have to wait until it comes out in print, or is accepted by some reputable e-lit 'zine, like The Long Island Quarterly or Literary Mama.