Nominated for The Pushcart Prize 2022

Culled from 30 years of short stories, poetry and one cookbook, “The Feast Of Saint Rocco” is witness to the late 20th century in footstep and eye of the Autistic child of immigrants to an America at New Age crossroads.

From 50’s abuse/Rock & Roll salvation - “wiseguy” streets - the Newark riots - to Hippie Revolution - the story presents epiphany and redemption - Asbury Park to McLeod Ganj - under the boardwalk to Dalai Lama backyard - in Cubist stream from downtown Woodstock.

“Peter Cocuzza’s ‘Memoir In Recipe, Story & Poem’ is a stew, tasty, spicy and rich.… The ‘recipes’ are inspired and fun... the language of the prose pieces rips and roars.… those who enjoy Bukowski or maybe Ginsburg may find a kindred spirit here.”
Celine Keating, author of novels LAYLA and PLAY for ME

“...a melodic, tasty, highly informative treat.”
Matthew Leone
Director, Colgate Writers’ Conference

“The autobiographical highlights of Peter’s 2015 collection At the Hop are explored in depth in this Feast of Heart, History and Humor.”
Anthony Krauss, Sculptor

“You are kindred souls with Ferlinghetti no doubt…”.
TJ Mancini, Crossroads Entertainment

“A Tour de Force”
Chef Richard Erikson

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“The Trump years have thus far proven that in these United States of America, fascism arrives first as tragedy, then as farce, and finally as reality television. Peter Coco's Baby Huey Chronicles is a collection of poetry written in defiance of these fascist times. It is the poetic expansion of the giant inflatable Trump baby, a symbol as good as any to define this absurd era we are living in. In these pages Coco simultaneously captures the dangers of the moment we are living in while simultaneously spitting in the face of it. Read this book, laugh, then cry, then fight.”
Matt Sedillo, Author, ‘Mowing Leaves Of Grass‘

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At The Hop collects reflections from a mountaintop
inside a wing down on the corner.

Peter’s poetry is included in the Lunar Codex ‘Polaris Codex’ mission, launching for the moon between November 2024 and February 2025.

Peter is included in Rise (an Anthology of Power and Unity) (Lipman, ed., 2017, Vagabond), along with poetry by Eugene B. Redmond, Angel L. Martinez, Dorothy Payne and Lawrence Ferlinghetti; and in Reimagine America, Vagabond Books 2022
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Peter’s page on the Woodstock Poetry Society website: www.woodstockpoetry.com/member-poems/PCoco.html