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 Occupation: Claims Representative
City: Cherry Hill
State: NJ
Country: USA
Member Since: December 1999
Last Login: 03/16/2010
Homepage: http://bniedt.blogspot.com/
"Any work of art makes one very simple demand on anyone who genuinely wants to get in touch with it. And that is to stop. You've got to stop what you're doing, what you're thinking, and what you're expecting and just be there for the poem no matter how long it takes." - W.S. Merwin
Since I started seriously writing poetry again in 1999, I have made quite a journey personally and artistically. My growth as a poet has been helped along by poetry groups, workshops, mentors, and of course this great site. I've had works published in e-zines such as Samsara Quarterly, The Fairfield Review, Red River Review, Chantarelle's Notebook, The Barefoot Muse, Baby Clam Press, and Writer Online. Print publications include Writer's Journal, ByLine Magazine, Mad Poet's Review, The Wolf (U.K.), Edison Literary Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Up and Under: The QND Review (for which I have also served as co-editor), Clark Street Review, and Paper Wasp (haiku, Australia). I have won poetry prizes and honorable mentions from Writer's Journal, Anthology, and Seedhouse Magazine, among others. My poetry was selected for the "Editor's Choice Award" in The Fairfield Review, and I won first prize in the 2003 ByLine Magazine Short Fiction and Poetry Contest. I won 10th prize for non-rhyming poetry in the 74th annual Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition, and I won first and second prizes for poetry at the 2006 Philadelphia Writers Conference, and first prize for poetry at the 2007 conference. My poem "Last Frame" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2005, and "Down from Hampstead" was nominated for a Best of the Net Award in 2006. I've read my works on local radio and cable TV programs, and I have taken workshops with well-known poets such as Molly Peacock, Terrence Hayes, and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon. Favorite famous poets include William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas and Billy Collins. Thanks to all my good friends here at Pathetic (you know who you are) for your encouragement, critique and support!
NOTE: My new chapbook, "Breathing Out", is now available from Finishing Line Press (Go to www.finishinglinepress.com, click the "New and Forthcoming Releases" page and scroll down to my name and book.)
Bruce is a member of the following groups: The Tadpole Society and Words at Play.The following icons will enable you to enter different areas of this poet's library. Click on the appropriate icon to enter the area of your choice.
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