Ben Bransfield was born in Shropshire and now lives in London. His poems have featured in Primers: Volume Two (Nine Arches), Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, The North, Magma, Oxford Poetry, and elsewhere.
Publications
2 poems. ‘Refresher Course’, ‘Ars Poetica’, Poetry Wales (Vol 55.3, Spring 2020) Link: https://poetrywales.co.uk/product-category/back-issues/
‘Powder Closet, Southside House’, Orbis (Vol 191, Spring 2020) Link: http://www.orbisjournal.com/category/magazines/
3 poems. ‘Dogs dream’, ‘Tents’, ‘What Happens at Night’, Poetry Salzburg Review (Vol 34, Summer 2019), pp. 164-165. Link: https://www.poetrysalzburg.com/psr-no34.htm
‘How poetry can transform your school’, Times Educational Supplement Online (19 July 2019) Link: https://www.tes.com/news/poetry-can-transform-your-school-heres-how
‘October’, Poetry Ireland Review (Vol 127, Spring 2019), p. 50. Link: https://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/poetry-ireland-review/back-issues/poetry-ireland-review-127
‘A Rag Man’, Magma (Vol 73, Spring 2019), p. 47. Link: https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-73/articles/editorial/
‘Blundellsands’, Oxford Poetry (Vol 18.1, Winter 2018-19), p. 28. Link: https://www.oxfordpoetry.co.uk/shop.php
3 poems. ‘Afterlife’, ‘Disciples’, ‘Waking’, Under the Radar (Vol 21, Summer 2018), pp. 11-13. Link: https://ninearchespress.com/magazine.html
‘Ann Salt, 30, and Martha Moors, 51, imprisoned six months for stealing a shirt. January 31, 1825’, The North (Vol 59, January 2018), p. 38. Link: https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/the-north-59/
‘Alight’, Barrow Street (Winter 2017-18), p. 13. Link: http://barrowstreet.org/press/journal/
5 poems. ‘Surfaces’, ‘Penance’, ‘Cellar’, ‘The Weight’, ‘The Chord’, Orbis (Vol 182, Winter 2017), p. 34. Link: http://www.orbisjournal.com/category/magazines/
‘Thaw’, Ink, Sweat & Tears (December 2017) Link: http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?p=15234
2 poems. ‘Uncle David, it was you’, ‘Gran’, Stand (Vol 216 15.4, 2017), p. 38. Link: https://www.standmagazine.org/contributors/ben-bransfield/1429
‘Former Tenant’, The Interpreter’s House (Vol 66, Autumn 2017), p. 11. Link: https://theinterpretershouse.org/past-issues
2 poems. ‘Dorothy Gale’, ‘Becoming a Nose’, And Other Poems (September 2017) Link: https://andotherpoems.com/2017/09/22/two-poems-by-ben-bransfield/
‘Deliverer’, Acumen (Vol 89, September 2017), p. 41. Link: https://www.acumen-poetry.co.uk/ben-bransfield/
‘Close Reading: ‘Cinnamon’ by Alan Payne’, The North (Vol 58, Summer 2017), pp. 83-85. Link: https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/the-north-58/
‘How I Did It – Primers Volume Two: Ben Bransfield on ‘And to this day’’, Poetry School Blog (June 2017) Link: https://poetryschool.com/theblog/i-primers-volume-two-ben-bransfield-day/
15 poems. ‘Greenhouse’, ‘Granddad’, ‘Palaeontology’, ‘Broseley’, ‘Garden Twine’, ‘Paradise’, ‘Glossary’, ‘SupaSnaps’, ‘Shaving with my Father’, ‘Amanita phalloides’, ‘Delivery’, ‘Pac-a-mac’, ‘And to this day’, ‘Bedlington Terrier’, ‘Copper Calf’, Primers: Volume Two (Nine Arches Press, 2017), pp. 17-32. Link: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/primers%20volume%20two.html
‘Poetryclass: Ways of Looking’, Poetry Society (July 2016) Link: http://poetryclass.poetrysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ways-of-looking-The-Poetry-Society.pdf
‘Poetryclass: How to bake a poet’, Poetry Society (July 2016) Link: http://poetryclass.poetrysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/How-to-bake-a-poet-The-Poetry-Society.pdf
‘Ideas to help engage your students in poetry’, SecEd (20 April 2016) Link: https://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/ideas-to-help-engage-your-students-in-poetry/
3 poems. ‘Stoning at Half-time’, ‘Poolscouponology’, ‘Protection’, The North (Vol 55, January 2016), p. 38. Link: https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/the-north-55/
‘The Last Slate Cutter’, Shropshire Life (June 2011), p. 43. Link: https://www.cheshirelife.co.uk/digital-archive-2-21612
‘Acupuncture’, Ash (Vol 2, 2007), p. 11. Link: http://www.oxforduniversitypoetrysociety.com/
‘Stabilisers’, Obsessed with Pipework (Winter 2005) Link: https://obsessedwithpipeworkblog.wordpress.com
Upcoming events and forthcoming publications
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Further information
Twitter: @bransfield_ben
