Kirk Judd helped compile the late poet Joseph Barrett’s book of poems Blue Planet Memoir.
“Like a circuit minister riding to and fro to spread the good news of the gospel, West Virginia poet Kirk Judd is criss-crossing the state these days dropping into coffeehouses and book stores to spread his love of a dear friend and fellow poet’s work. Although Richwood, West Virginia, native Joseph Barrett, died in an accident in 1990, Judd is making sure his rich reservoir of poetry is remembered some now 28 years later.” (read more here)