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About beckydeans

I've always been a writer one way or the other.

The collection is shaping up, even though it’s destined for my car boot!

Posted on May 19, 2025 by beckydeans

I’m getting closer to finalising at least the end section of my book, which deals with just as difficult themes as the chapbook, un(in)formed, but includes more free verse. If the last one wasn’t suitable for a primary school library, … Continue reading →

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My new poem ‘The Day the Music Died’ will be on Radio Derby tomorrow at 9.45pm

Posted on July 11, 2023 by beckydeans

Tune in to the Evening Show with Martyn Williams tomorrow evening to listen to my new sonnet about the importance of music. The picture shows my guitar, which I took out of storage last week after not looking it for … Continue reading →

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Buddleia

Posted on October 9, 2022 by beckydeans

You bud butterflies in purple haze. Bees speak your name, bud, and to spell you is to know you intimately, to smell you is to be 50ft high, climbing over our garage. You bud, and – bud, I need to … Continue reading →

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My books

Posted on November 20, 2021 by beckydeans

Here’s a photo of my two books I took for my Instagram because I could. They came out 22 years apart and I am very proud to have had the chance to publish both of them. un(in)formed is available at … Continue reading →

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You can now pre-order my chapbook, un(in)formed, on the Bearded Badger Press website.

Posted on March 16, 2021 by beckydeans

It’s finally here – and I’m not sure I ever thought it would be – but here’s the link to the orders for my chapbook, un(in)formed. https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store/UN-IN-FORMED-by-Becky-Deans-p311736067 Please show some love to Paul Handley’s new press, Bearded Badger Publishing, and … Continue reading →

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Poets are copywriters

Posted on March 5, 2021 by beckydeans

When I got my first job as a copywriter, I gave my boss my novella, but he made the comment that copywriters needed to be poets rather than prose writers. I have found the poets need to be copywriters as … Continue reading →

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DH Lawrence’s Horn

Posted on February 28, 2021 by beckydeans

If DH chose a musical instrument, surely he would pick a sax? I wrote this unofficially for the 2018 Clarinet and Saxophone Society and put in on Instagram. It looks like there might be some research in Lawrence and jazz. … Continue reading →

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‘Meditation on the A38’ sound file #poetry #saxophone #woodwind #breathingexercises #meditation #childrensmentalhealthweek #mentalhealth #anxiety

Posted on February 18, 2021 by beckydeans

BBC Derby put waves behind this, and I did initially record this with waves in the background, but they weren’t my own waves. If we ever get to go on holiday again, and there’s a quiet day, I will record … Continue reading →

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Find ‘Slab’ in the Bearded Badger Publishing TRA[verse] free sampler

Posted on February 11, 2021 by beckydeans

Today the poetry showcase, featuring work from nine poets, is finally available. Go to beardedbadgerpublishing.com to download the full sampler, with contributions from Rory Aaron, me, Kevin Qweaver Jackson, Jack Cunnington, Oliver Cowley, Cullen Marshall, Sonia Burns, Camille McCawley and … Continue reading →

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I am going to be on @bbcderby on Monday 8 February with Sally Pepper at 12.15pm with my new poem ‘Meditation on the A38’ #amwriting #amperforming

Posted on February 2, 2021 by beckydeans

Check out http://www.facebook.com/writebeckydeans for further details.

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