Mike Dockins (born 1972) is an American poet. He is the author of Slouching in the Path of a Comet, published in 2007 by Sage Hill Press. [1] The book has been critically well received. [2] His poem "Dead Critics Society" was selected for inclusion in 2007's Best American Poetry Anthology, edited by Heather McHugh, and also appeared on Verse Daily. [3] His poems have appeared in Greensboro Review, [4] Meridian, [5] and Cimarron Review . [6]