Publications
Brenda’s two collections of poetry are:
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Arbitrary edges (2013)
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Like love (V Press, 2018)
both available from the Shop
Three early pamphlets - Edgeways, Tightrope and Where edges meet - are no longer available.
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Brenda’s plays Cuffed and Don’t give it another thought have also been published.
Her poetry has been extensively published in anthologies and magazines, including:
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Hwaet! 20 years of Ledbury Poetry Festival, Bloodaxe, 2016
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We’re all in this together, Offa’s Press, 2012
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Love poetry, Author. co.uk, 2003
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Pendle War Poetry Competition, Selected poems, Posh Up North, 2018
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All a cat can be, Eithon Bridge, 2018
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Short Fuse, the Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry, Rattapallax Press, 2002
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Final Chapters, Writing about the end of life, Dying Matters Coalition, 2012
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Smoke and Mirrors, Versatile Arts, 2011
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The Commons, Waterhare Press, 2019
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Voices of 1919, Hen Race Press, 2016
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Soul Feathers, Indigo Dreams, 2011
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Diversifly, Fair Acre Press, 2018
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The Pocket Poetry Book of Weddings, Paper Swans Press, 2018
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The Pocket Poetry Book of Cricket, Paper Swans Press, 2018
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Play, Paper Dart Press, 2018
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The Green, Here Comes Everyone, 2021
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Ripening Cherries, Offa’s Press, 2020
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The Poetry of the Black Country, Offa’s Press, 2016
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84, Verve Press, 2018
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The best of Squiffy Gnu, Fabulahula, 2020
More recently, many of Brenda’s haiku have been included in the online Haiflu poetry and photography project.
