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June 29, 2020
Poetry Excerpt from “Crossing the Meadow”
I listen to a lark chirrup in the reeds
beside a bay laurel,
flitting–hurried and winded–
above the meadow,
trampled and slick with dew
where the mule deer have bedded down
in the night.
Excerpt from The Weight of Snow
c. B. L. Bruce
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June 26, 2020
Poetry Excerpt from “Desert Moon”
I wake to sounds of the whales surfacing
in the calm bay, stirred
from dreams of the Dorado,
the dimming of the impossible colors:
indigo, mustard, viridian, crimson.
c. B. L. Bruce
Excerpt from “Desert Moon,” The Weight of Snow
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June 25, 2020
haiku #2
Each evening
the shifting of wings—
starlings to roost.
c. B. L. Bruce
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June 23, 2020
haiku
High desert of Miraflores—
grey thrasher,
red bougainvillea.
c. B. L. Bruce
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June 22, 2020
Follow Me on Instagram (@thepoesis)
As I embark on my journey to revive more of my own personal work, I’ve taken to posting poems, prose, and more on a brand new, focused Instagram account. The lines between profession and personal began to blur, so I’m setting aside a special space to get real and vulnerable and share the work that means the most to me.
Won’t you join me there?
“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.” – Gustave Flaubert, Writer
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June 7, 2020
Nature/Adventure Documentary “The Devil’s Road: A Baja Adventure” to Stream at the Virtual Big Bear Film Festival
The nature/adventure documentary I helped create and produce, The Devil’s Road, will be streaming for a limited time at the virtual Big Bear Film Festival from June 12 – July 12 as an Official Selection. Passes are now on sale.
If you enjoy the film and would like to support it, please consider voting for it in the virtual festival! Audience members will get a chance to vote for their favorite films in each category.
Please feel free to share with friends and family!
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ABOUT THE FILM:
A group of adventurers set out across Baja California on a 5,000-mile journey to recreate the century-old expedition of two prolific and obscure naturalists.
Their search takes them on a thrilling quest—by motorcycle, airplane, boat, and horseback—to recreate the historic, unprecedented expedition across Baja. Along the way, they bear witness to the vibrant culture and unforgettable people, endure the challenges of the road, and get a glimpse into this extraordinary place and its uncertain future.
The Devil’s Road is rich with adventure and shows the interplay between past and present. A film about discovery and change, it acts as an environmental call to arms that pays homage to the strange and awe-inspiring Baja California.
Learn more at http://www.devilsroadfilm.com.
I was struck by the magnitude of the silence.
I was struck by the magnitude of the silence. The air seemed charged with stillness.
Even now, after nightfall, a deafening silence has descended.
The woods turned black as pitch. I once feared the dark, and perhaps that fear hasn’t quite left me.
Excerpt from 28 Days of Solitude
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May 30, 2020
A Letter to My Followers
To my followers;
I am returning to writing (likely the reason why you first followed me), after a brief hiatus to further my career in the renewable energy industry and to produce a documentary film that has been chosen as an Official Selection in several international film festivals this year (something I am very proud if!).
It’s a strange time, with the coronavirus and the unrest our nation is facing. I find myself more and more turning to the more creative endeavors to express myself as a mechanism to cope.
I hope that you’ll continue to follow me, and to view my latest works, as well as the new services I provide to authors, businesses, and entrepreneurs around the world.
I encourage you to follow and connect with me on Twitter @the_poesis for some random–maybe humorous–musings.
November 16, 2019
NaNoWriMo Book Publishing Specials!
To celebrate National Novel Writing Month, through the end of December I am offering NaNoWriMo participants a special, discounted promotion on my publishing and graphic design services!
– BOOK COVER DESIGN – both to print and eBook specifications
– BOOK LAYOUT DESIGN – interior layout and formatting for both traditional printers and print on demand providers
– BOOK PRINTING (via on-demand services with CreateSpace, Ingram Spark, and more!)
– eBOOK CONVERSION – .epub, .mobi, and more
– ISBN, BARCODE and CIP BLOCK set up and assignment
– BOOK REVIEWS
– ACCOUNT SET UP + DISTRIBUTION TO ALL MAJOR eBOOK RETAILERS (Apple, Google, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, etc.)
– SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING (promo design, social media banners, post to blog with nearly 10,000 readers, reviewers, and writers)
– PUBLISHING CONSULTATION SERVICES
FOR PRICING INFORMATION, please send an inquiry via the contact page.
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September 9, 2019
Adventures of an Amateur Naturalist in Mexico: The Imperial Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Revisited
Buried deep within the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, a never-before-seen document was discovered by a team of film producers conducting research. The eight-page manuscript details the account of amateur naturalist and journalist George B. Winton, on expedition in the remote mountain ranges of Mexico’s interior.
Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman, two of America’s greatest naturalists, were dispatched to Mexico in January of 1892 under the employ of the U. S. Biological Survey. The pair’s assignment was to better understand this remote region of North America, providing studies on its flora and fauna and their corresponding geographical distribution. The findings of these field surveys were unprecedented, and would later be foundational to a conservation movement that helped solidify the work of conservationists like John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gifford Pinchot.
In October of 1892, Nelson and Goldman made a particularly important stop in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, where they were joined by George B. Winton for an expedition into the Nahuatzen mountain range. It was on this collecting trip that the group came across, for the first time, several individuals of the world’s largest woodpecker: the imperial ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis).
Winton’s written account excellently portrays the mindset of the naturalist in the late nineteenth century, and provides a rare, detailed record of the sighting and the behavior of this fascinating and relatively unknown bird.
Adventures of an Amateur Naturalist in Mexico is co-written by Todd Bruce, the producer of the forthcoming nature-adventure documentary The Devil’s Road: A Baja Adventure, which recreates Nelson and Goldman’s historic expedition through Baja California.
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