Jon Woodward's first book of poems, Mister Goodbye Easter Island, was published by Alice James Books in 2003. His second, Rain, is forthcoming from Verse Press/Wave Books in fall 2006. He currently works at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Other poems by Jon Woodward in Verse Daily:
March 17, 2006:   "but the house sparrows are . . ." " but the house sparrows are..."
June 27, 2003:  "And Because the Leaves Were On Our Side" by "It was because all those stale clouds of racehorse..."

About Barrow Street:
Poets in this issue: Meena Alexander, Kirsten Andersen, Linda Baldanzi, Sally Ball, Michael Bassett, David Blair, Beverly Burch, David Stanford Burr, Rosette Capotorto, Pamela Hobart Carter, Jennifer Chang, Adam Clay, Basil Cleveland, Martin Corliss-Smith, Shira Dentz, Ruth E. Dickey, Frankie Drayus, Jeffrey Encke, Lauren Fanelli, Thomas Fink, Rae Gouirand, Kate Greenstreet, Kelle Groom, Benjamin Scott Grossberg, Aaron Gwyn, George Guida, Nathalie Handal, Tony Hoagland, Bergen Hutaff, Susan Hutton, Chris Kingsley, Julie Larios, Richard Lehnert, Phillis Levin, Rebecca Lilly, Jeredith Merrin, Melissa Monroe, Idra Novey, Ed Ochester, S.J. Oh, Brad Richard, Matthew Rohrer, Mary Ann Samyn, Alex Silberman, Rick Snyder, Nicole Sprague, Leigh Stein, Jonathan Thirkield, Matthew Thorburn, Toon Tellegen, Judith Wilkinson, Angela Vogel, W. R. Weinstein, Jon Wodward