Mike Bove is the author of four books of poetry: Soundtrack to Your Next Panic Attack (Aldrich Press, 2024), EYE (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023), House Museum (Moon Pie Press, 2021), and Big Little City (Moon Pie Press, 2018).

His work has appeared in the U.S., U.K., and Canada in publications including Southern Humanities Review, Poetry East, Rattle, and the anthologies Wait: Poems From The Pandemic and Writing The Land. In 2021, he was winner of the Maine Postmark Poetry Contest and a finalist for a Maine Literary Award in 2023. In 2024, he served as writer-in-residence at Acadia National Park. He is an Associate Editor for Hole in the Head Review.

Mike holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire and is Professor of English at Southern Maine Community College. He was a founding Board Member of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools, and currently serves on the Board of The Mockingbird Foundation, a national music education non-profit managed and run by fans of the rock band Phish. A musician himself, Mike plays guitar in The ProfTones, a Portland-based cover band made up of college professors.

Mike lives with his family in Portland, Maine where he was born and raised.