Verse from the Village

“The poems in Dreaming Under Polka-Dot Stars are one part joyful trumpet song, one part elegy. They capture the problems and pleasures of childhood with precision, rendering each image within with the complexity we know we lived through. There’s gospel music in these pages, neon lights flickering through a day dream, and a glimpse of singing cousins. Homies come through too. Fathers serve us sausage and eggs on Sundays. And mothers call us home when it gets dark. Each poem cracks open. Here you’ll find uncles embracing stories before passing them down. Cory Cofer sets these very stories spinning into a history he has been called to carry on.”
—Michael Torres, author of An Incomplete List of Names