Joey Nicoletti: "The Cook-Out"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Joey Nicoletti�s �The Cook-Out,� which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2005-2006 issue (Volume VII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Joey Nicoletti is the author of Borrowed Dust (Finishing Line Press). His poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies, most recently Green Hills Literary Lantern, Stymie Magazine, Italian Americana, Tulane Review, and Bridging New York: An Anthology of New York City�s Bridges. He currently teaches poetry writing and literature at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York.

Tuesday of each week �One Poet�s Notes� highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the archives of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.