Poems by Ace Boggess and Mark Mansfield

<p>Ace Boggess reads his poem &quot;Anybody Raptured Yet?&quot; and Mark Mansfield reads his poem &quot;The Tryst.&quot; </p> <p>Ace Boggess is author of six books of poetry, most recently <em>Escape Envy</em>. His writing has appeared in <em>Michigan Quarterly Review, Notre Dame Review, Harvard Review, Mid-American Review</em>, and other journals. An ex-con, he lives in Charleston, West Virginia, where he writes and tries to stay out of trouble.</p> <p>Mark Mansfield is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, <em>Strangers Like You, Soul Barker, </em>and<em> Greygolden</em>, and one chapbook, <em>Notes from the Isle of Exiled Imaginary Playmates</em> (all published by Chester River Press). His poems have appeared in <em>The Adirondack Review, Anthropocene, Bayou, Fourteen Hills, The High Window, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Iota, London Grip, Magma, Measure, Obsessed with Pipework, Peacock Journal, Salt Hill Journal, Sarasvati, Tulane Review, Visitant,</em> and elsewhere. He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee. He is a former musician and publications specialist. Currently, he lives in upstate New York. </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support</a>