As its poems tread through forests, over mountains, and along the water … Measures captivates. - Clarion Reviews [B. L. Bruce’s] newest poetry collection, 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. - BlueInk Review Lyrical poems on the beauty of the natural world contrasted against the fragile, sometimes broken nature of the human experience. - Andrea Janda, VisitantIn Measures, B. L. Bruce’s third collection of poetry, the author deftly explores the visual measures of time and the nature of change in her celebrated, nuanced verse.In this latest collection featuring nearly sixty new poems-including works in new formats like micropoetry and American haiku-award-winning poet B. L. Bruce again echoes the lyricism and rich imagery that readers have come to praise.