Jon Woodward was born in Wichita, Kansas and currently works for the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. His first book, Mister Goodbye Easter Island, was published by Alice James Books in 2003.

Other poems by Jon Woodward in Verse Daily:
April 18, 2006:   "A Seahorse Loop" and "Salamander" " A stupidity, a soup..."
March 17, 2006:   "but the house sparrows are . . ." " but the house sparrows are..."
June 27, 2003:  "And Because the Leaves Were On Our Side" "It was because all those stale clouds of racehorse..."