Joan Alice Wood Kimball, a founder of the Concord Poetry Center, runs poetry workshops in Wayland and Concord, Mass. For six years she was a member of the performance troupe, X. J. Kennedy & the Light Brigade, which offered comic verse on stage, on TV, and at four Massachusetts Poetry Festivals. She is the author of three books of poetry: Early Light, This River Hill (with photographs by Richard Young), and Summer River (with sketches by Margot Kimball). With Debra Martin, she co-edited Walter Howard's posthumous collection, Reflections in Moonlight. Her work has appeared among other places in Measure, Iambs & Trochees, Arion, Atlanta Review, Raintown Review, Peacock Journal, Comstock Review, and The Lyric.

Books

Early Light (Kelsay Books, 2019)
Summer River (Riverwood Books, 2013)
This River Hill (Blurb, 2009)

Poetry Online

“Cuneiform Forever,” Shrew Literary Magazine
“You Are Old,” Smith College Poetry Center
“Walking the Tokaido Road,” “Score for a Palette,” and “Sailboat in the Bay,” Peacock Journal
“The Feeding Field,” The Road Not Taken
“Atalanta” and “Emerson Hospital,” Poetry Porch
Sixteen Limericks under the name joankay, OEDILF
Forty Published Poems

Anthologies

The Powow River Poets Anthology II (Able Muse Press, 2021)
Prey Tell: An Anthology of Poems About Birds of Prey (Owl Moon Raptor Center)

Honors

Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize, Finalist, 2011, 2012, 2015
Able Muse Write Prize, Semi-Finalist, 2012
Morton Marr Poetry Prize, Finalist, 2010

Readings

Wake Up and Smell the Poetry, February 2012