Mark Cox has authored six previous volumes of poetry, the most recent being Readiness (2018) and Sorrow Bread: Poems 1984-2015 (2017). He has a 40-year history of publication in prominent magazines and his honors include a Whiting Writers' Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, and The Society of Midland Authors Poetry Prize. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington and teaches in the Vermont College MFA Program.

Other poems by Mark Cox in Verse Daily:
June 22, 2017:   "Lemon Icing" "About suffering they were never wrong...."

Other poems on the web by Mark Cox:
Five poems
"Natural Causes"
"The Dance"
Four poems

Mark Cox's Website.