Mehigan's verse translations and critical prose have appeared in Poetry Magazine and other periodicals.
[3] Critics have praised Mehigan's verse for its directness, moral complexity, and mastery of meter, rhythm, and rhyme.
In a review for Poetry Magazine, D.H. Tracy called The Optimist, "A work of some poise and finish, by turns delicate and robust, making balanced use of the imposing and receptive facets of intelligence.
"[5] Adam Kirsch, writing for The New York Sun, called Mehigan's work "Frost-like in the way he plays speech rhythms against the patterns of verse, creating a tense, deceptively simple music.
and adds that "Mr. Mehigan also has something of Frost's delight in darkness; many of his poems offer the uncomfortable surprise that Poe called the most important element of poetry.