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.
In a recent interview with Brummet Media, poet Bri Bruce (writing under the name B. L. Bruce) talks her inspiration, process, and challenges. See the full interview here: https://consciousdiscussions.blogspot.com/2022/05/poet-interview.html Bri Bruce is aย Pushcart Prizeย nominee and award-winning California poet. For those of you who are not familiar with that,ย Pushcart Prizeย is an American-based honorary literary award organization.ย With [...]
AUTHOR INTERVIEW with B. L. Bruce Last month, I sat down virtually with Blogespresso for an author interview to discuss my latest book Measures, my writing process, and what feeds my creativity. Can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you. My name is Bri Bruce (writing under the name B. [...]
Measures B.L. Bruce Publisher:ย Black Swift Pressย Pages:ย 134ย ISBN:ย 9781735707402Reviewed:ย March, 2021 BUY THE BOOK ON AMAZON Excerpt from BlueInk Review [B.L. Bruce's] newest poetry collection, Measures, by turns elicits tenderness and melancholy, hopefulness and heartbreakโwhich is to say, the gamut of the human condition.Measuresย includes 58, mostly free verse poems with occasional haiku. Imagery from the natural world is often [...]
The poems ofย Measuresย embrace lyrical tendencies as they move through the seasons of a troubled relationship. Both absence and presence haunt the pages of b. l. bruceโs poetry collection, Measures. A one time lover and longed for friend adventures to the water, leaving their companion alone on the shore. Wrinkles appear as if grooved overnight, and the [...]
WHITE LILIES Love me, I ask of you.Press your mouth to mine,I want to say.The contours of our limbsare restless. We throw ourselves from the houseat sundown, wander down the hill,pass the milk-white folds of the liliesyawning and rising along the fence.I brush my body against theirs. At once, the murmur of rainsoundlike a stone [...]
https://vimeo.com/520042921 "As its poems tread through forests, over mountains, and along the water . . .ย Measuresย captivates." --ย Clarion Reviews "[B. L. Bruce's] newest poetry collection,ย Measures, by turns elicits tenderness and melancholy, hopefulness and heartbreak--which is to say, the gamut of the human condition. . . . Bruce's collection offers many accomplished and memorable moments." --ย BlueInk Review [...]
Luminous and piercingโฆ Lyrical and reflective, award-winning Bruceโs latest, a collection of poems, micropoetry, and American haiku, offers a litany of ruminations on nature, love, and self. โFull Moon at Albion Riverโ is a meditation on the wonders of nature. With her knack for creating intricate emotional textures, Bruce infuses mourning and grief with tangible [...]