Chris Rice Cooper Blog | “Backstory of the Poem #229, #230, #231” On January 10, 2021, Chris Cooper published a PhotoFeature Story on my poems: “Armed with Imagination,” “Overthrown,” and […]
Poems Previously Published in December
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 Previously Published in November
Poems by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Previously Published in November The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in the month of November. Find […]
Poems Previously Published in October
The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in the month of October. Find most of these poems in the collection: Memoirs of a […]
Symbolism Run Amok: The Demise of the Bellamy Salute
With their right arms extended stiffly forward, angled upward with fingers straight, man, woman, and child reflexively spoke the familiar words in unison. While this scenario might easily be mistaken […]
Divining the Truth: The Ancient Mystical Practice of Dowsing
Having spent years discussing all things genealogy with fellow family history enthusiasts, the subject of dowsing for the location of graves has come up on several occasions. Not only are […]
Strange Traditions Involving Death in the Victorian Era
The following traditions involving death were once commonly observed in the United States and elsewhere in the English-speaking world. While you may find the occasional instance of one of these […]
Murder Castle: Henry Holmes’s Hotel of Horrors
Dr. Henry Holmes was a serial killer who built a hotel of horrors dubbed the “Murder Castle” in Chicago in the 1890s. It was 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, and celebration […]
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Orion P. Howe
Inspiration at Vicksburg: Poetry Beyond the Forlorn Hope In the December 31, 2018, edition of the Missouri Unionist you’ll find an article remembering the brave actions of Civil War […]
65 Places to Publish Formal Poetry (Updated for 2023)
I took Trish Hopkinson‘s old list entitled “53 Places to Publish Formal Poetry” which was reposted on Annie Finch‘s website–both sites have excellent poetry resources–and manually checked each entry. Those […]