I was born in New York in 1963. I grew up out on Long Island in a small town called Mt. Sinai. In 1979, while still a Sophomore in High School, I moved to South Florida. (Very Long Story)

I have written thousands of pieces that remain part of my private collection, but I also enjoy sharing much of my work and publishing on Pencilstubs.com. Pencilstubs.com is a wonderful place to connect with other talented writers. Some may say that my writing is kind of 'deep,' but I write what I feel whether it be wrong or right. At times people have been critical of my writing and some have even suggested I stop? For me, writing is one of the most important things in my life aside from my family.

I began writing in 1980 after the tragic death of a close friend. The song was entitled "Membership of Death." I found it to be a good way to express what I was feeling, and continued to write after I was encouraged by the comments I received from others. In 1982 I started a Rock band with some friends I met while in college. We played mostly original material, and I wrote all of the lyrics to our songs. After several years of attempting to live the rock n roll life I decided to settle down and even landed a real job.

I have been married since 1987 and have a wonderful daughter born in 1991. My daughter Brooke is a very talented writer, and she can be read from time to time publishing poems and short stories on this site. We are a close family and reside just outside of Fort Lauderdale, Florida in a beautiful home on a lake. I have a professional career as a recruiter for a large retail company.

I am passionate about my writing, and will continue to write for as long as I live. I would like to thank musician and friend Dave Davies for his continued support. I welcome any comments.

Thanks for reading my words.

Bruce Clifford

 

Type		Month		Year		Title
Poem		October		2000		Looking Through
Poem		December		2000		The Boulevard Of Faith
Poem		July		2001		This Is The World
Poem		July		2001		Thirteen
Poem		July		2001		Metamorphosis
Poem		August		2001		Writing The Words
Poem		August		2001		Children at Heart
Poem		November		2001		Heaven Help Us
Poem		December		2001		I Get So Tired
Poem		January		2002		Dream Within A Dream
Poem		January		2002		Mother, Can You Hear Me
Poem		January		2002		Mystubenmyspec
Poem		January		2002		We Are
Poem		January		2002		The Stars Began To Dance Around
Poem		February		2002		The Scent of Lime
Story		February		2002		Thirteen, An Introduction
Poem		April		2002		The Things
Poem		May		2002		When I Move To Mars
Poem		July		2002		Fountain Of Serenity
Poem		July		2002		Tea Time Break
Poem		July		2002		Think I'll Lay Here Beside You
Poem		August		2002		In Your Goldfish Bowl
Poem		August		2002		A Throw Back In Time
Poem		September		2002		Faces Looking Like You Looking at Me
Poem		September		2002		I Never Had A Reason
Poem		October		2002		Pure Energy
Poem		October		2002		I Keep Looking Through
Poem		October		2002		Cover-Up
Poem		October		2002		Thinking About The Days
Poem		November		2002		The Other Side
Poem		November		2002		Are You The One
Poem		December		2002		Lay Down
Poem		December		2002		My Feelings and I
Poem		December		2002		Forbidden Fruit
Poem		December		2002		If Today I Should Die
Poem		January		2003		There Was A Moment
Poem		January		2003		In A Minute
Poem		February		2003		The Ocean
Poem		February		2003		Another Look
Poem		February		2003		From The Moon
Poem		March		2003		Black Hole
Poem		March		2003		The Mountain
Poem		March		2003		Universe of One
Poem		April		2003		The Real Heart In Me
Poem		April		2003		Piss Poor Iron Clad
Poem		May		2003		Leaders
Poem		June		2003		Eye for an Eye
Poem		July		2003		Between Our Souls
Poem		August		2003		Another
Poem		August		2003		Cry To Me (The Battle Call)
Poem		August		2003		Joe
Poem		September		2003		The Sun Touching The Sea
Poem		September		2003		So Wake Up
Poem		September		2003		Face of Deception
Poem		October		2003		Get Out
Poem		November		2003		As Long as You're Mine
Poem		November		2003		You're Not Alone
Poem		December		2003		You Can't Take Away My Soul
Poem		January		2004		Precious Moments
Poem		January		2004		I Wish I Knew
Poem		January		2004		Put Down Your Pen
Poem		February		2004		Scapegoat
Poem		February		2004		Look at Friendship/Look at Love
Poem		March		2004		Maybe Today Will Be The First Day
Poem		March		2004		Knock, Knock
Poem		March		2004		Negative Vibe
Poem		April-May		2004		Far Away
Poem		April-May		2004		What's The Point
Poem		April-May		2004		You Don't Exist in my Life
Poem		April-May		2004		Endangered Species
Poem		June		2004		Pandora's Box
Poem		June		2004		Faulty Sunrise
Poem		July		2004		Again
Poem		July		2004		The Safety Net (Faulty Sunset)
Poem		August		2004		The Lost Art
Poem		August		2004		I Can't Let You Go
Poem		August		2004		Could Have Been
Poem		September		2004		Friction
Poem		September		2004		Forgive Me
Poem		September		2004		Whatever you Please
Poem		October		2004		Common Ground
Poem		October		2004		The Last Storm
Poem		October		2004		The Wind Keeps Whispering Your Name
Poem		October		2004		Moment in Time
Poem		October		2004		Walking on Egg Shells
Poem		November		2004		One of a Kind
Poem		November		2004		Small Ways
Poem		December		2004		Bad Girl
Poem		December		2004		Can't Let Go
Poem		January		2005		The Other Side
Poem		January		2005		Lights On
Poem		January		2005		Critical World
Poem		February		2005		Rest in Peace
Poem		March		2005		Imaginary Friend
Poem		March		2005		Rock N Roll Died Today
Poem		April		2005		Does Anyone Feel
Poem		April		2005		This Strange World
Poem		May		2005		The Things I'm Looking At
Poem		May		2005		What I've Been Told
Poem		June		2005		I Don't Think
Poem		June		2005		Silo
Poem		July		2005		Something That Didn't Belong
Poem		July		2005		It's Getting Hard to Believe
Poem		August		2005		Alice in Wonderland
Poem		August		2005		The Night Is Young
Poem		August		2005		When it Rains
Poem		August		2005		Never Be a Lie
Poem		September		2005		The Same Old Song
Poem		September		2005		Katrina
Poem		October		2005		Just Tell Me Why
Poem		October		2005		Kelly's Grandmother (A Katrina Victim)
Poem		November		2005		I'm Not That Type of Man
Poem		November		2005		The Eleventh Dimension
Poem		November		2005		With my Soul
Poem		November		2005		Lack of Pearls (The Wooly Worm)
Poem		December		2005		When You're Not Near
Poem		December		2005		Tic Toc
Poem		December		2005		You Didn't Know Me
Poem		December		2005		I'm Invisible
Poem		December		2005		So Far Away
Poem		January		2006		On and On
Poem		January		2006		Songs From Conversations
Poem		January		2006		You Never Told Me
Poem		January		2006		Freedom of the Seas
Poem		January		2006		Inside Another's Lies
Poem		January		2006		Who Are They To Say
Poem		February		2006		Thirteenth Step
Poem		February		2006		Part II - Songs From Conversations
Poem		February		2006		(A) Broken Heart
Poem		February		2006		Wish I Could Be The One
Poem		February		2006		You Can't
Poem		March		2006		Exactly
Poem		March		2006		Part III - Songs From Conversations (The Big Bang)
Poem		March		2006		Help Me Understand
Poem		April		2006		The Fray
Poem		April		2006		A Good Book
Poem		April		2006		I Lost the Girl
Poem		May		2006		Tell Me Stories
Poem		May		2006		Tunnel Vision
Poem		June		2006		Hold Me
Poem		June		2006		Help Me
Poem		June		2006		You Knew You Had It Coming
Poem		July		2006		Ice Cream Genius
Poem		July		2006		The Best Side
Poem		August		2006		There was a Time
Poem		August		2006		Eye To Eye
Poem		Sept & Oct		2006		After All This Time
Poem		Sept & Oct		2006		Run and Hide
Poem		Sept & Oct		2006		Who Are We?
Poem		Sept & Oct		2006		Without Warning
Poem		November		2006		We Did Not Care
Poem		November		2006		Help Me, Friend
Poem		December		2006		Catching Up With You Today
Poem		December		2006		Breaking The Silence
Poem		December		2006		Waiting Here So Long
Poem		January		2007		Drama Queen
Poem		January		2007		Territorial Rudiments
Poem		January		2007		One Kiss Goodbye
Poem		February		2007		Corporate America
Poem		February		2007		The Year of Accountability
Poem		March		2007		Mist Within The Trees
Poem		March		2007		Full Deck
Poem		March		2007		On The Run
Poem		March		2007		We Took It to The Edge
Poem		March		2007		Think of Me
Poem		March		2007		Let It Rip
Poem		April		2007		Cast Away Your Sin
Poem		April		2007		Circle Cloud
Poem		April		2007		If Tomorrow Decides
Poem		April		2007		Mirrors
Poem		April		2007		The Playground
Poem		April		2007		Never Want to Let Me Go
Poem		May		2007		Caramel Eyes
Poem		May		2007		The First Stone
Poem		May		2007		Take Two
Poem		May		2007		Playing Tricks
Poem		May		2007		On A Lark
Poem		May		2007		What Brought us to Here
Poem		June		2007		Stephanie
Poem		June		2007		Find Another Way
Poem		June		2007		Thank You for Being
Poem		June		2007		Gravity
Poem		June		2007		Buried
Poem		June		2007		Why oh why oh why
Poem		July		2007		Moments of Evaporation
Poem		July		2007		I Can't Believe
Poem		July		2007		The Dress
Poem		July		2007		The Sanctuary
Poem		July		2007		Will We Ever Learn
Poem		July		2007		The Next Degree of Separation
Poem		August		2007		I Know
Poem		August		2007		You're Breaking My Heart
Poem		August		2007		King of The Road
Poem		August		2007		I Don't Know Why
Poem		August		2007		Wish I Could Take Your Pain Away
Poem		August		2007		Made in the Shade
Poem		September		2007		If You Only Knew
Poem		September		2007		Direction
Poem		September		2007		Controlled Chaos
Poem		September		2007		Can of Worms
Poem		September		2007		I Believed In Us
Poem		September		2007		She's Going Away
Poem		October		2007		What's the Secret
Poem		October		2007		Kick Me When I'm Down
Poem		October		2007		I'm Sitting Alone
Poem		October		2007		Waiting
Poem		October		2007		Will We Ever Get This Right
Poem		October		2007		One Soul
Poem		October		2007		What Are we Doing to Ourselves
Poem		November		2007		Tell Me
Poem		November		2007		Cosmic Dance
Poem		November		2007		Method to the Madness
Poem		November		2007		Show Me A Sign Tonight
Poem		November		2007		Ecletic Eyes
Poem		November		2007		Do Not Freak Out
Poem		December		2007		'Tis a Pity
Poem		December		2007		It's Never The Same
Poem		December		2007		Last of the Living Trolls
Poem		December		2007		The Bottom Line
Poem		December		2007		Butterfly in the Sun
Poem		December		2007		Inside Your Eyes
Article		January		2008		2008, A Year Of Dramatic Change
Poem		January		2008		The Same Way Again
Poem		January		2008		Ride The Wave
Poem		February		2008		Moon Tree
Poem		February		2008		This is my Life
Poem		February		2008		Letting Go
Poem		February		2008		Circles
Poem		February		2008		I Just Want to Feel Love Again Someday
Poem		February		2008		Part of the Plan
Poem		March		2008		The Very Best Part of You
Poem		March		2008		The Psychological Effects
Poem		March		2008		Dot Com
Poem		March		2008		What's Going on in Your Head
Poem		March		2008		The Journey Home
Poem		March		2008		Notorious
Poem		April		2008		Could It Be
Poem		April		2008		I'm Sorry That I Love You
Poem		May		2008		A Kite's Dream
Poem		May		2008		The Spec in Your Eye
Poem		May		2008		Love and Laughter
Article		June		2008		Vote for Bruce
Poem		June		2008		East Side/West Side
Poem		June		2008		Cyclone of Lupadon
Poem		June		2008		Without A Trace
Poem		June		2008		Better Than
Article		July		2008		My Views of this Non-Recession
Poem		July		2008		Forever
Poem		July		2008		Running Around
Poem		July		2008		Top of Mind
Poem		July		2008		Down The Hatch
Poem		August		2008		Setting the Code to Three
Poem		August		2008		Deep Inside Your Dreams
Poem		August		2008		The Things We Ought to Know
Poem		September		2008		The Promise
Poem		September		2008		Top Of Mind
Poem		September		2008		Distance
Poem		September		2008		Behave
Poem		September		2008		The Last Storm - reminder
Poem		October		2008		Sitting Here Surprised
Poem		October		2008		Walk WIth Me
Poem		October		2008		Voice of Reason
Poem		November		2008		Covering All The Bases
Poem		November		2008		The Last Tear
Poem		November		2008		Live and Let Live
Poem		December		2008		I Can't Remember
Poem		December		2008		Free the Moment
Poem		December		2008		Shadow of the Tale
Poem		December		2008		You Can't Believe
Poem		January 2009		2008		Catch Me, Watch Me
Poem		January 2009		2008		Space Station Coffee House
Poem		January 2009		2008		Words to a Song
Poem		January 2009		2008		Believe Me
Poem		February		2009		Brought Back to a Time
Poem		February		2009		Because You Left
Poem		March		2009		Guardians of The Sun
Poem		March		2009		Life Before Life
Poem		April		2009		Whatever Makes You Happy
Poem		April		2009		Is this the Start
Poem		April		2009		The Heart of the Sea
Poem		April		2009		Crashing Down on Me
Poem		May		2009		You Never Told Me
Poem		June-July		2009		After Everything
Poem		June-July		2009		Fragmented
Poem		June-July		2009		Why Would You Hurt Me
Poem		June-July		2009		Until We're Gone
Poem		June-July		2009		Those Were The Days
Poem		June-July		2009		Around Me
Poem		June-July		2009		One Day
Poem		August		2009		Made in The Shade
Poem		August		2009		Information Overload
Poem		August		2009		I Believe in You
Poem		August		2009		Let Me Down Gently
Poem		September		2009		It is What it is
Poem		September		2009		Taking to Flight
Poem		September		2009		Left in the Dark
Poem		October		2009		Hurry Up
Poem		October		2009		One Hit Wonder
Poem		October		2009		Nothing is a Void
Poem		October		2009		Too Many
Poem		October		2009		We Thought It Would Last
Poem		October		2009		Talking
Poem		November		2009		Think of Us
Poem		November		2009		Still I Know
Poem		November		2009		At War With Fire
Poem		November		2009		Long Ago
Poem		November		2009		I Think It's True
Poem		December		2009		You And I
Poem		December		2009		Season of Laughter
Poem		December		2009		Bottom Feeders
Poem		January 2010		2009		Love is Lost
Poem		January 2010		2009		Bad Advice
Poem		February 2010		2010		In Between
Poem		February 2010		2010		There's no Reason to Fear
Poem		February 2010		2010		You Never Thought Twice
Poem		February 2010		2010		I Can't Tell
Poem		March		2010		Thirty Years Gone
Poem		March		2010		The Limit
Poem		March		2010		In My Dreams
Poem		April		2010		The Hands of Time
Poem		April		2010		Close Your Mind
Poem		April		2010		Start All Over Again
Poem		April		2010		Pieces Of Me
Poem		April		2010		Soaking Up The Sun
Poem		May and June		2010		This Thing Called Fate
Poem		May and June		2010		Now You're Here
Poem		May and June		2010		Don't Lose That Smile
Poem		May and June		2010		Always Thinking of You
Poem		May and June		2010		How Many Times
Poem		May and June		2010		I'm Lucky to Have You
Poem		May and June		2010		Tug at My Heart
Poem		July		2010		Tapes In My Head
Poem		July		2010		Maryann and Lisa
Poem		July		2010		Goodbye Mother Goodbye
Poem		July		2010		What's on Your Mind
Poem		August		2010		Lifeline
Poem		August		2010		Bestest Friend
Poem		August		2010		In My Heart
Poem		August		2010		Your way or the Highway
Poem		August		2010		Why Must We
Poem		August		2010		Maybe
Poem		September		2010		This Love I Have For You
Poem		September		2010		How Many Ways
Poem		September		2010		If I Could Bend the Time
Poem		September		2010		I Think
Poem		September		2010		Nothing to Believe in
Poem		September		2010		I Would Give You The World
Poem		September		2010		Parallel World