Abuse Cycle

by Ace Boggess

A micro-chapbook of poetry written by Ace Boggess for the Ghost City Press 2016 Summer Micro-Chap Series.

Genres: Poetry

14 pages, Micro-Chapbook

First published June 11, 2016

About the author

Ace Boggess' writing has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Harvard Review, Mid-American Review, Atlanta Review, RATTLE, River Styx, Southern Humanities Review, J Journal, North Dakota Quarterly, and many other journals. He won the Robert Bausch Fiction Award and a fellowship from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. He also spent five years in a West Virginia prison. He lives in Charleston, West Virginia, where he writes and tries to stay out of trouble.

Reviews

[Casey Kiser · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars. This book is great. Some lines I loved:

"I don’t remember what the world does
I walk in & out of photographs
like water through a fishing net"
From 'There is a Picture of Me'

"Again from her grave your mother returns to you.
She haunts you in your DNA, decisions that you make."
From the title poem.
And I related to his quirky poem 'Disorder' describing his anxiety for grocery shopping.
I will be reading more from this author.

[Sasha Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was magnificent.