Author Archives: beckydeans

About beckydeans

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

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

I’ve been asked for the text for this, but I feel it needs proper artwork, and I am a words person, not an art working master (all hail designers!), so it will take me a while to organise. BBC Derby … 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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How (not) to write an author’s bio #traverse #beardedbadgerpublishing #identitycrisis203 #Ripley #London #Paris #Derbyshire

Posted on February 6, 2021 by beckydeans

So, say, you’re finally there and you’re writing your bio, how do you know what to say? I think I can safely say my bio is always changing depending on what mood I am in. My current Facebook photo is … 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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Posted on January 22, 2021 by beckydeans

There is no cuckoo. Costa sifts snowdrops  in the top of your coffee to announce the spring Cups drifting in the middle of the road will last longer than you Yet there is a rhythm to everything. It beats. When … Continue reading →

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