Clara Kathleen "Kay" Smith (April 30, 1911 – September 18, 2004) was a Canadian poet in New Brunswick.

[1] The daughter of Charles Weber Smith and Margaret Mirey, she was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and was educated there and at Mount Allison Ladies' College.

[2] She was named a life member of the League of Canadian Poets in 1986[1] and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of New Brunswick two years later.

In 1991, she received the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in English-Language Literary Arts.

[2] A portrait of Smith by artist Miller Brittain is part of the collection of the New Brunswick Museum.