Randolph Healy was born in 1956 in Irivine in Scotland. In 1958 his family moved to Ireland where he has lived since. He has published the chapbooks 25 Poems, Rana Rana, Arbor Vitae, Flame, Scales, Daylight Saving Sex, Rattling the Bars, and Hex. His collection Green 532 was published by Salt in 2001. His work has appeared in anthologies such as Etruscan Reader VIII, Other, Anthology of Twentieth Century British and Irish Poetry (Oxford), and The Backyards of Heaven. He runs the small press Wild Honey Press. He is currently retired and is archiving his writings at https://sites.google.com/view/randolphhealy/home . Two of his poems, Frogs and Primula veris, are on the Leaving Certificate English syllabus.