Corey Cook grew up in South Strafford, VT and now lives in Contoocook, NH. He received a BA from New England College in 2002. Corey is a member of the Stone Bridge Poetry Project and edits The Orange Room Review with his wife, Rachael. The Orange Room Review is an online poetry publication dedicated to accessible poetry of substance. He has had 71 pieces accepted by 39 publications since 2004. Corey's work has appeared in the following print publications: The Aurorean, bear creek haiku, Brevities, Entelechy International, Ibbetson Street, Lilliput Review, Mobius, Nerve Cowboy, Northern New England Review, Pegasus, Ship of Fools, Taproot Literary Review and others. The following online publications have posted / accepted his work: Ad Hoc Monadnock Online, Baby Clam Press, ken*again, The November 3rd Club, Pemmican, Poets Against the War, The Shit Creek Review, The Wilderness House Literary Review, etc.
~ Waiting on a Sidewalk in New York City ~ He says "I don't mean to startle you, but could you read this for me?" as he hands me a crumpled piece of grey paper with a website address written on it. I spell out the address letter by letter, dot by dot. He echoes each letter and writes the address in large, legible characters on the front page of a newspaper. "Thanks, man. My eyes are no good. I can't read print that small anymore" he says as he walks away. Back to his shopping cart filled with a clutch of plastic grocery bags. His head capped by a yellow construction helmet with a single black feather hanging from the back. A feather that tries and tries and tries to take flight. ~ Previously published in Flutter ~ Free Speech ~ Neighborhood dog lifts his leg on a faded Bush / Cheney campaign sign. ~ Previously published in Children, Churches and Daddies
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