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“Rainsong” Winner of the PushPen Press Pendant Prize for Poetry
RAINSONG What of this winter here?The unhappy song of rain andwind in the bay laurel,rainwater in the fountaina mixing of what is oursand what is not. I go to the meadowwhen the storm has slowedto see what has changed,what unknowable thirst was quenched: the howl and fury in the nightbrought down the tall sequoia,and with [...]
Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California
"A captivating and visceral portrait of the California landscape by a talented cast of poets.” - Kirkus Reviews Pleased to announce that two of my poems, "Feel" and "Tempest," were published in Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California poetry anthology from Scarlet Tanager Books. The collective contributions to this anthology come together to weave a braid of voices [...]
Poems “Feel” and “Tempest” Accepted in California Ecopoetry Anthology “Fire and Rain” from Scarlet Tanager Books
Poems "Feel" and "Tempest" accepted in the forthcoming anthology, Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California from Scarlet Tanager Books. The collective contributions to this anthology come together to weave a braid of voices examining and celebrating the dazzling variety of California’s unique biological zones. This anthology will provide an arguably much-needed platform for the ecologies [...]
“THE HEIRESS OF MARY OLIVER” RETURNS WITH SECOND EDITION OF AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION THE WEIGHT OF SNOW
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, June 1st, 2017—Author Bri Bruce (writing under the pen name B. L. Bruce) of Santa Cruz will release a second edition of her debut collection of poems The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems on June 1, 2017 as the fifth work of Black Swift Press’s assemblage.In the newly edited and [...]
“The Starling’s Song” (Poetry) COMING APRIL 1st
I'm so happy to announce that my third book and second collection of poetry will be released on April 1st! It will be available for pre-order on Amazon next week and will be available in print on Amazon and in ebook at all major ebook retailers. Here's the book's description and a sneak preview: In [...]
“Salt” Published in Common Ground Review’s Fall/Winter Anthology
Poem "Salt" included in Common Ground Review's Volume 12 issue 2, Fall/Winter 2015 Anthology. SALT There is a man at the far end of the garden, seated at a black wrought-iron table. Flecks of light move over his shoulders, passing between the narrow leaves of an olive tree. A gray cat waits nearby, shadowed [...]
PushPen Press Pendant Prize for Poetry
I'm honored to announce I'm the 2014 PushPen Press Pendant Prize for Poetry recipient for a haiku series titled "Rainsong." And that I was given this beautiful one-off pen-and-ink work of art that comprised the award! THREE: An Anthology of Flash Nonfiction can be purchased on Amazon. THREE features flash nonfiction works by over sixty emerging, vibrant writers: stories, haiku [...]
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Short Story Anthology
SUBMISSIONS WANTED FOR SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY!Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2014Tayen Lane Publishing is looking for short stories for its upcoming anthology.Submission Guidelines:Tayen Lane seeks short stories across all genres. All short stories must be original, unpublished fiction, double spaced, and less than 3,000 words in length. The stories submitted should in PDF format as an attachment to [...]
PRESS RELEASE: ‘Poems from Conflicted Hearts: An Anthology’ from Smooth Stones Press Now Available!
Love poems and the anthologies that contain them are plentiful. But is it true of their counterpart, poems that speak to loneliness, heartbreak, unrequited love and abuse masquerading as love—conflicted hearts? A brief review of the literary genre would say that there is no such balance. Anthologies of heartbreak, it appears, do not exist in abundance. Well, let there be balance in the [...]
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