B. L. Bruce's newest collection of poetry, "Blue California Sky," is now available for pre-order from award-winning, women-owned press Finishing Line Press.
AUTHOR INTERVIEW B. L. Bruce is an an award-winning poet and Pushcart prize nominee whose has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Wayfarer Journal, Canary, The Remnant Archive, Northwind Magazine, The Monterey Poetry Review, and the American Haiku Societyโs Frogpond Journal, among many others. Bruce is the recipient of the [...]
In February of 2014, my debut collection of poetry, The Weight of Snow, was published. Now, seven years later, my latest collection, Measures, is here. Now available on Amazon in print and eBook format. In Measures, B. L. Bruceโs third collection of poetry, the author deftly explores grief, loss, the visual measures of time, and [...]
MOCKINGBIRD As it often doesmoving by memory,your body finds mine, fitspuzzled into angles and curvesin those hushed hoursโwere it not for the mockingbirdscreaming into the moonlit,slate-grey sky. I envy you,your unbothered sleep.No torment. No great,stirring voicein your mindscreaming,screaming. c. B. L. BruceFirst published by VisitantFollow Bruce on Instagram @thepoesis and Twitter @the_poesis
DARK STAR I had not expected, mid-life,that already my shining yearswould be behind me, tradedfor more essential things:what it meansto have patience,to wage a war,how to endure. I remember clearer now:the smooth dunes,bare shoulders,my body feeling somehowless bound, belongingto me. You came outof the seaโsalt on skin.In a particular way,your face openedbeneath the midday sky.Those [...]
In Measures, B. L. Bruceโs third collection of poetry, the author deftly explores grief, loss, the visual measures of time, and the nature of change in her celebrated, nuanced verse. In this latest collection featuring nearly sixty new poemsโincluding works in new formats like micropoetry and American haikuโaward-winning poet B. L. Bruce again echoes the [...]
"A captivating and visceral portrait of the California landscape by a talented cast of poets.โ - Kirkus Reviews Pleased to announce that two of my poems, "Feel" and "Tempest," were published inย Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of Californiaย poetryย anthology fromย Scarlet Tanager Books. The collective contributions to this anthology come together to weave a braid of voices [...]
FREE eBook copyย of award-winning authorย B. L. Bruceโsย The Starling's Songย (Black Swift Press, 2016)ย in exchange for an honest review! In a similar vein as her award-winning The Weight of Snow, Bruceโs newest collection of poetry explores the themes of love, loss, and nature, both human and not. Written in its entirety during a twenty-eight day stay in [...]