Pieces of the World

The simplicity of nature and complexity of human nature come together in Pieces of the World. Nancy K. Crevier's verses capture what is seen, heard, and felt in her inner and outer worlds.

The world is as beautiful and troublesome as the people who inhabit it: hope resides with fear; love with hate; life with death in these poems that grasp at the ethereal and real. Her poems invite wonder with words and images that, piece by piece, reveal vivid portraits of beings she has encountered in this lifetime.

It is the "wing song" of birds, the "feral pendulum" of a fox, "the beat of a butterfly's heart" that reveal the poet's intersection with the natural world, while "Tender Lies" and "Smoke Signals" are devastatingly intimate.

Crevier's newest collection has much to offer readers, poetry fans, and nature lovers.

Auteur

Nancy K. Crevier graduated from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota with a BA in German in 1978 - the year she also married Philip Crevier and moved to Connecticut, where they raised two wonderful children. From her childhood in northern Minnesota to her adult life transplanted to the East Coast, her poetry has been inspired by people, places, memories, and moments revealed in nature and humanity.Her debut book of poetry, The Peach Quartet and Other Poems, was published in 2022. Nancy has enjoyed sharing poems from this book at readings. Because writing is a never-ending process, she is happy to introduce her newest collection of poetry, Pieces of the World, to readers. Nancy has co-owned and operated a natural foods restaurant, catered, taught cooking courses, and written food columns. While raising children, she worked part-time at a gardening center and as an educational assistant in the reading department of a local school. She is overjoyed to have the name "Nana" and the title of grandparent added to her resume in recent years.She worked as a reporter at The Newtown Bee in Newtown, Connecticut, and went on to become the editor of the newspaper. She retired from The Newtown Bee in 2021, and currently lives and writes in Newtown. To learn more about Nancy, her books, or to contact Nancy, please visit www.ThePeachQuartet.com.