Kirjahaku

An old pecan tree in the forest is thriving and towering above its peers. But then, it begins to have problems. The problems grow and grow until the tree is in danger of dying. Hope seems lost -- until an unexpected little helper arrives. A simple appreciation and a simple message are all it takes for transformation to begin.

Ethan's grandfather is a war veteran. One day, Ethan comes home from school with a lot on his mind, and asks Grampa some questions. History and imagination flow colorfully through their talk. Grampa gives Ethan a lot more to think about.

This is a book of the poetry of Nate Crew of North Carolina, written from early 2021 through early 2022.Pain, pleasure, and the healing power of the soil are recurring themes throughout these verses.

This is a collection of Nate Crew's poetry written from early 2022 through the beginning of 2023.Touching again on raw and real human experience and human connections, themes here include the inspirations of the forests and orchards of Wagram, NC, as well as musings on peace and war (of which the author has had some personal experience).

"Timeless homage to his growing space.... Woods, plants, and meandering expatiation are intertwined in his poetry, such that we might join him on his journey in search of a world for his words.... Nate Crew examines all the clues left by his own experiences; war, peace, life, love and death, so that the reader too may grasp a little better their own sense of place." -Haydn Tiago de Azevedo Mafra Jones, PhD, Chairman, Department of Foreign Languages, Campbell University

Rivers of Living Water is a chapbook of Nate Crew's most recent verses, both unrhymed and rhymed as well as those somewhere in between the two. Composed in the earlier months of 2024, these pieces follow spiritual reflections, deal with the healing of grief, celebrate the beauty of natural life, and search for pathways of real-life harmony in human relations in this fraught generation. "I truly enjoy the musicality of these poems, their rhythm as well as the messages," says prolific North Carolina author Thomas Rain Crowe. "This is a book to help to raise human consciousness and survival going forward." This small collection, the author hopes, may serve as a lifeline for some individual readers as well as a source of lines of connection and reconciliation between those alienated from each other and from the living earth. ​​​​​​​Nate Crew lives in Wagram, NC, near the beautiful black waters of the Lumbee River. His daytime work is caring for orchards and a "food forest" there along with his wife and two young sons.