Brendan Bense is a poet and UC Irvine MFA graduate, where he served as the poetry editor for FAULTLINE journal. His work can be found in Southeast Review, Poetry Online, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. He teaches writing at West Chester University.
Selected work
Human Lexicography
Poetry Online (poetry.onl), 2026
PoetryGeneral
Holy is Another Kind of Lonely
Southeast Review, 2025
PoetryGeneral
Haloween
Variant Lit, 2023
Poetry
Omen
Whale Road Review, 2023
Poetry
Distance
2024
Poetry
Sometimes the World Stands Perfectly Still
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, 2024
Poetry
Grief
Rust and Moth, 2022
Poetry
How to Fall Safely
West Trade Review, 2020
Poetry
How can you trust us? by Brendan Bense
Okay Donkey, 2023
Poetry

