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Randal A. Burd, Jr. has been writing poetry for publication since middle school, when a silly poem he wrote in the fifth grade (1989), “I Have a Hippoturtlephant,” was published by Creative Kids magazine. A Pushcart Prize nominee for his poem, “Humblest Apologies,” from his 2nd poetry collection, Memoirs of a Witness Tree (Kelsay Books, 2020), Randal has published poetry in numerous literary journals, both online and in print.

Randal holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Missouri University of Science & Technology where he was Editor-in-Chief of both the college newspaper and the literary magazine for multiple terms. He also holds a master’s degree in English Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Missouri.

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