About the author
Bruce D. Hall is a Poet and Short Story writer from south eastern Washington. This chap book, "Poems From A Big Beard Poet", is his first collection of published poetry. His poetry has appeared in the "Poets in the Shops" in Vancouver Washington, and "Poetry Moves" in C-Tran buses in Vancouver Washington. (Note to readers: if you do not submit, you will not get published).
Unlike most Poets and Writers, Bruce did not start writing at an early age. His very large family told stories at family gatherings, some of which could be believed. BS is a family tradition. His work has been called highly visual. This comes from a strict High School Creative Writing instructor, Bob Smith. Bruce rewrote his first paper 13 times before he got a B+, the lowest passing grade a paper could receive. He earned a B.S. degree, not the family kind mentioned previously, from a respected university in Electrical Engineering. His only writing was technical papers. Work brought Bruce to Vancouver Washinton in 2012. He signed up for an evening writing class from Clark College, "Wild Fire Writing", Cristy Krug, instructor. The infection by muse had begun. As of this writing, no vaccine has been produced. He signed up for Clark County poetry writing class taught by Clark County Inaugural Poet Laureate Christopher Luna. This brought Bruce to Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic where he was a regular reader until the pandemic allowed telework and relocation with his life partner Suzie and to be close to Grandchildren.