Poems by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Previously Published in December

The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in December. Find all of these poems in the collection Memoirs of a Witness Tree (Kelsay Books, 2020).

“Bad News” and “While Waiting” appear in the December 2021 issue of Verse-Virtual, a poetry journal founded by the late Firestone Feinberg (out of New York) and now edited by Jim Lewis (out of Oregon). Verse-Virtual is more than just a journal, but rather the nexus of an open community of poets. Find “Bad News” and “While Waiting” in the collection Memoirs of a Witness Tree (Kelsay Books, 2020).

“Circus Elephants in Retirement” is an ekphrastic poem inspired by a photograph that was published on December 16, 2019, by Nine Muses Poetry, a defunct online poetry journal from Wales edited by Annest Gwilym. Find “Circus Elephants in Retirement” in the collection Memoirs of a Witness Tree (Kelsay Books, 2020).

“Depression’s Lies,” “Ignorance in Love,” and “What Makes Me Happy” were published on December 17, 2018, by Rue Scribe, an Arizona-based publication edited by Eric Luthi. Rue Scribe is a subsidiary of Underwood Press. Find “Ignorance in Love” and “What Makes Me Happy” in the collection Memoirs of a Witness Tree (Kelsay Books, 2020).