“Cox proves particularly adept at evoking pathos through everyday objects. . . His sense of humor is sly, insinuating and always at the ready. . . .Poems like “Grain,” a moving protest against mortality . . . will always be scarce commodities.”
--Publishers Weekly

“Mark Cox’s “latest work showcas[es] a broad range of poetic talents—from narrative to didactic musings to a sure-handed facility with familiar conceits. Yet the amid the book’s embarrassment of riches, the lyric clearly stands out as Cox’s forte—incisive poems laced with quirky energy and vivid imagery, and fueled by the poet’s modulated, occasionaly mannered voice. . . .the tension in Cox’s perceptions is beautifully  relieved by the understated music of his verse—its supple urgency and pace, its winsome wordplay and wit.”
--Wichita Eagle