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Brenda Beardsley

@brendapoet.bsky.social
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Writer. Coffee devotee. Collaborator. Book lover.

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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Community-ing in the Dark: How Collaborative Poetry Sustained Us
BRENDA BEARDSLEY + LIZA WOLFF-FRANCIS
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Poetry! #WritingCommunity #LiteraryCommunities  
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This book originated during lockdown. Isolation was getting to me, unable to connect with anyone. Liza Wolff-Francis and I wrote ‘sky they yearned to call mine’ during national poetry month. It’s available through Unsolicited Press. #WaitingCommunity#Poetry #UnsolicitedPress #LizaWolff-Francis. 
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of my favorite fall things is the first Apple crisp of the season. This fall , in 71 days, also brings my new collection poetry collaboration with Liza Wolff-Francis ‘sky the year to call mine available from Unsolicited Press. Yahoo!!!!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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SKY THEY YEARNED TO CALL MINE — Unsolicited Press
sky they yearned to call mine is a collaborative poetry collection by Brenda Beardsley and Liza Wolff-Francis, written as an exchange that reshapes grief in real time. Moving between the personal a...
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of my favorite fall things is the first Apple crisp of the season. This fall , in 71 days, also brings my new collection poetry collaboration with Liza Wolff-Francis ‘sky the year to call mine available from Unsolicited Press. Yahoo!!!!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/srstewar... Smart, timely words. Why do writers have to constantly give away so many of their precious resources? respond in the comments below. #UnsolicitedPress #SummerStewart #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poetry! #Books #Creative
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Field Notes from the Small Press Swamp: What “Community” Actually Costs
Literary community is a beautiful phrase until someone has to stack the chairs, answer the emails, update the flyer, and pretend the microphone is not actively auditioning for a nervous breakdown.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Love this, especially the effective use of the strike outs . Well done!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Liza Wolff Francis on Instagram: "So excited to get to hang out with my co-author Brenda Beardsley. Our book “sky they yearn to call mine” is coming out in November through Unsolicited Press. We’ve be...
1 likes, 0 comments - lizawolfffrancis on June 30, 2026: "So excited to get to hang out with my co-author Brenda Beardsley. Our book “sky they yearn to call mine” is coming out in November through Uns...
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Happy to help as an accountability buddy!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Get an accountability buddy and do daily check-ins!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/unsolici... Check out these wonderful books currently available at #Unsolicited Press. I’ve already read over half of these books and they all deliver unexpected, ballsy, a little weird stories/memoir/poems/pick a genre that won’t disappoint.
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The Books Readers Won’t Leave Alone
Our Top 19 Bestsellers of 2026 So Far
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/sky-t... Unbelievably excited to share the link for pre-orders for this collaborative book with my friend Liza Wolf-Francis to be published by #UnsolicitedPress.#LizaWolf-Francis. Check it out!
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SKY THEY YEARNED TO CALL MINE — Unsolicited Press
sky they yearned to call mine is a collaborative poetry collection by Brenda Beardsley and Liza Wolff-Francis, written as an exchange that reshapes grief in real time. Moving between the personal a...
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/sky-t... Unbelievably excited to share the link for pre-orders for this collaborative book with my friend Liza Wolf-Francis to be published by #UnsolicitedPress.#LizaWolf-Francis. Check it out!
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SKY THEY YEARNED TO CALL MINE — Unsolicited Press
sky they yearned to call mine is a collaborative poetry collection by Brenda Beardsley and Liza Wolff-Francis, written as an exchange that reshapes grief in real time. Moving between the personal a...
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Loved my visit to Northshire bookstore in Manchester, Vermont. I highly recommend going there!#GreatBookstores #Literature #Writing #Poets #NorthshireBookstore
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DYupbZb... Had a great time at Bookstock last weekend—-
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I guess I didn’t do this the right way, lol. Anyways, this is an important Instagram post about libraries for all you book lovers and Library aficionados out there. Check it out.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Promise by Franz Wright
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Just finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. I’m stunned by the beauty, craftsmanship literary skill and scope of this epic novel. It is necessary reading for every American. What did you think? #Reading #WritingCommunity #BarbaraKingsolver #DemonCopperhead #LiteraryFiction #Writers.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
That’s fantastic! Congrats!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congrats!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The writing life. Sigh. I get it. I always try to submit to other journals, right away. Good luck Eden.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congrats!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Good one!!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
New ekphrastic work up today at the fabulous journal The Prose Poem. Many thanks to the wonderful editors! Yes, the artwork is mine too. #TheProsePoem#Poetry #Writing #WritingCommunity theprosepoem.com/here-is-wher...
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Here is Where You Don’t Belong – The Prose Poem
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“What we each defined as mercy” really struck me as so evocative of both the moment that this speaker is speaking of as well as what can be articulated as our here and now as well. Thanks for sharing this, Ellie.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A variant, because I’m currently obsessed with the form, a reverse ABCDerian book pile.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
How to make order from chaos?Noting now the preponderance of crimson and white spines.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Congratulations on your book Patricia Bidar. This was a fantastic review. I can’t wait to read your book which I have in my to be read pile. Unsolicited Press is absolutely wonderful. I subscribed to their year of women series last year and there were so many wonderful books.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These poems are stunning, achingly, sad, and brimming with urgency. Who else has read this and would love to discuss? #Poetry #WritingCommunity #MosabAbuToha#Writers #ReadersOfPoetry
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Agreed!!!!!!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Wow! Lucky you!!!!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/unsolici... Wise words on the logistics of publishing and the very real writer fatigue that we all experience but rarely articulate. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Poets #UnsolicitedPress.
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The Invisible Labor of Being a Writer
The Work After the Work — Issue 10
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem... #poetry#WritingCommunity#Writers #FelicitySheehy#OnlyPoems In a chaotic world, I appreciate the stillness of these lines.
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March by Felicity Sheehy
"The trout will not answer you, any more than the cardinal"
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
40++++ a few of them are long ( 5+ pages) hybrid pieces . Thanks for asking!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Hey Maggie, did you meet that deadline? I was trying to finish something this weekend but kept adding more poems to the project.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/srstewar... This is brilliant. #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity#UnsolicitedPress #women and writing
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Emotional Labor Is an Editorial Skill
The Credibility Gap, Part II
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I so understand! I was deliriously happy today when I saw the first bluebird.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Will check him out. Where did you study?
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
That’s fabulous! Good for you.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
What is your process if they don’t come Matthew, it sounds like you are prolific. How many poems have you written this week?
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Well articulated in your writing, Helen.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Ooooooooo! Didn’t realize she had a new one out! Let me know how it is.
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Goddard
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Hmmmmmm…..
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
That was heartbreaking 💔
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gorgeous poem, Betty!
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Brenda Beardsley @brendapoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
She is wonderful! I studied with Bhanu Kapil in grad school. Love Spahr’s description. BTW ❤️ “What would an anti-exclusionary poetics look like?” Indeed.
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