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The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems Paperback | Pages: 118 pages

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Title	:	The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems
Author	:	B.L. Bruce
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 118 pages
Published	:	May 2014 by Black Swift Press
Categories	:	Poetry

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In The Weight of Snow, author B. L. Bruce explores the many plights of the human species, from the mysteries of the heart and the inescapability of death, to the depths of human emotion. Told from the perspective of a poetic naturalist, Bruce shares her appreciation of the wild, illuminating the profound in the mundane while chronicling the natural world as both an observer and as an irrefutable part of it. Her poems focus strongly on image and locality, conjuring the imaginations of readers and celebrating the beauty in the follies of the human condition and its capacity to grip the soul.

This second edition of her debut collection The Weight of Snow was the 2014 International Book Awards poetry finalist and the 2014 USA Best Book Awards poetry finalist.

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Commentary Appertaining To Books The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems

Last year I started actively reading poetry, in a way I haven't since I was in my high school English class. I'd read a number of poetry book in the decades (oh dear lord, has it really been decades) since then, discovering Rumi and Mary Oliver, the last year and a bit has led me to other poets, some of which I have liked, and some did absolutely nothing for me (There's a collection that has been on bestseller lists for a long time that I found mostly annoying).BL Bruce's first collection, The

There is something delightful about gentle, unknowing, barely-there rhymes that pulls you in ever so slightly, making you aware of the weight that the words carry without imposing itself on you that makes it necessary for you to go on hoping to multiply the subtle, fleeting emotions that arise. WEIGHT OF SNOW achieved this with exactly the delicacy and unreserved surprises that makes the poems a big success, and quite rightly so. B.L Bruce manages to unite the human and the natural elements with

In all of the poetry collections I have read lately, I've often found that more often than not too much is attempted in too little space. Anthologies vary in length and range but the best ones I have found are often the concise, focused volumes such as The Weight Of Snow. This little book was so much more than I was expecting it to be. It was bold, beautiful and painful. By focusing in on these vibrant metaphors of life, especially rotating around those themes of death and ending which come with

An ARC received in return for an honest review //The Weight of Snow is a beautifully written collection of poems written by B.L. Bruce. I am usually the tedious person when diving into poetry especially by authors I have never heard before. I was astonished to realize that I actually enjoyed this collection and that I did go into it hesitantly only to finish knowing that I had made a good decision.I felt a little confused and bored going through some of the poems that were teetering on

A wonderful book that praises the beauty of nature in harmony with the soul of a poet. Reading The Weight of Snow was an emotionally and intellectually rewarding experience. I lived several years in the United States and know English reasonably well, but I have not seen, for instance, all the flowers, trees and birds mentioned in the book. Then I did a first reading at a, lets say, general meaning level, trying to connect to the feelings expressed on each poem; then I proceeded to a second

to be honest, i was first intrigued about this book by it's cover! What a nice cover and i am one of those readers who i totally judge a book by it's cover :D Short book and short poems, which i really like, instead of these very long poems! Short and very powerful poems!! i really enjoyed the majority of the collections, however some poems i felt were not so interesting, at least for me, but the i liked the majority of them!Will definitely recommend this!

Three-time award winning author and Pushcart Prize nominee B. L. Bruce holds a bachelors degree in literature and creative writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun Magazine, Northwind Magazine, and The Soundings Review. Most recently the recipient of the Pushpen Press Poetry Prize,