About

John Randall sometimes writes about the natural world and finds that travel sparks a desire to put pen to paper. He has worked as a trash collector, a copy editor, an attorney, and an investments advisor. His interests include property maintenance, birds, baseball, firewood, the night sky, and the First Amendment. He is married to E B Haley. Together, they had dogs named Hugo, Squirt, and June.

John’s work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Reed Magazine, Barely South Review, Parhelion, Red Rock Review, The Florida Review, Paperbark, and DMQ Review, which nominated his poem “They Were Monarchs” for a 2023 Pushcart Prize and a 2024 Best of the Net award. He has poems forthcoming from Dunes Review, Reed Magazine, and Sheila-Na-Gig Online.

You can find a list of his published writing by clicking here.