Cord Moreski

Cord Moreski is a poet and former event host from the Jersey Shore. He is the author of Who Did It & Ran? (House on Heck Press, 2026) and several other chapbooks. Moreski has been nominated for awards, including the Best of the Net Anthology (2023) and the Asbury Park Poet Laureate (2016, 2018). In addition, Moreski was one of the original members of the NJ Poetry Renaissance, in which he played an integral role in the movement’s initial development and was later featured in the Driving Jersey (PBS) documentary series Here’s the Story: “Voices in the Garden” (2023). When he is not writing, Cord waits tables for a living, spends time in Philadelphia with his girlfriend, birdwatches across New Jersey, and teaches middle school children that poetry is awesome.