Joe Bolton (December 3, 1961 – March 1990) was an American poet.
He was born in Cadiz, Kentucky. He completed a master's degree at the University of Florida in 1988. In 1990, after completing his Master of Fine Arts, he died by suicide. He published three books of poetry.
Bibliography
Breckinridge County Suite (The Cummington Press, 1987). Days of Summer Gone (Galileo Press, 1990). The Last Nostalgia Poems, 1982–1990, edited by Donald Justice (University of Arkansas Press, 1999) .