Author Archives: beckydeans

About beckydeans

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

Review of Lost on Mars by Paul Magrs

Posted on November 7, 2016 by beckydeans

I can’t wait to read the second instalment of this trilogy. I am still thinking about the characters and the hard life they led on Mars, trying to grow enough to eat, like early settlers in the United States. And … Continue reading →

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Mother – a poem #amwriting

Posted on October 14, 2016 by beckydeans

Mother The buzzards are circling your heart Diggers rip your stomach Turn your soil They cut your trees because they could Ancient oak and ash hacked away Their remains a stubby finger stuck up to the people But still you … Continue reading →

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Everything in the Garden is Rosy

Posted on August 20, 2016 by beckydeans

I write this in response to my friend Anna commenting on how full my garden looked last Thursday, and because of our conversation about how the world of Facebook is fake, or on the edge.   Everything in the Garden … Continue reading →

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Hedgehog a poem for #hedgehogawarenessweek 

Posted on May 6, 2016 by beckydeans

This week my Friday post is dedicated to the hedgehog, a disappearing species. I recently won a lovely bag on Twitter from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society packed full of goodies and it has opened my eyes to the threat … Continue reading →

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Are you being influenced? #amediting

Posted on April 29, 2016 by beckydeans

I recently opened a box that had been moving between lofts, and found myself a present, a book of poetry written down from 1993 to 1995, a flowery hardback book with fountain-pen entries, signed just in case. Now, at the … Continue reading →

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Too Many Stars Have Gone Out This Year #amwriting #music #recordstoreday2016

Posted on April 22, 2016 by beckydeans

I went to a record store yesterday and bought my dad the latest David Bowie recording on CD. I didn’t think to buy the latest Prince album as well. I had previously bought the Bowie from a well known online … Continue reading →

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Simon Says Three: Your Sweetness is my Weakness

Posted on April 5, 2016 by beckydeans

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Simon Says Three   Your Sweetness is my weakness   So here we were for the jam. I’ve always liked the idea of a jam, if I’m honest, though not the fruit kind. More, the getting…

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Lydia -for Lydia Lawrence #amwriting #strongwomen

Posted on March 25, 2016 by beckydeans

Good golly miss Molly  Did you marry a man with a miner’s lamp and  No brolly?  Didn’t you know that the marriage bed came sprinkled with Soot? Did he blind you With a title, then tempt you with a butty?  … Continue reading →

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Friends of Codnor Common: History of Codnor Common:

Posted on March 24, 2016 by beckydeans

Codnor Common used to be a much larger area, stretching almost up towards Denby. The 1835 map certainly suggests as much. The whole area of Codnor was given to William Peverel, the illegitimate son of William the conqueror, after the … Continue reading →

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The Taking #BringBackOurGirls #amediting #VAW

Posted on March 23, 2016 by beckydeans

The Taking   We knew the soldiers were coming Hid in our beds, no one to protect us Goods on the shelf waiting to be stolen   Before, that day, we had lessons Cursed algebra, embraced Shakespeare Explored China, played … Continue reading →

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