Light Bending: Collected Poems of Bill Nevins

A Powerful Lifetime Collection from a Passionately Engaged Poet

Light Bending: Collected Poems of Bill Nevins brings together decades of vital work by one of America's most committed poets. Spanning over fifty years, these poems bear witness to personal and political realities - from faith and family to war and peace, Irish heritage, the loss of a son in Afghanistan, and the landscapes of the American Southwest.

Nevins writes with searing honesty, lyrical beauty, and moral urgency - challenging readers while celebrating love, light, and resilience.

• Major Collected Poetry Volume
  • A comprehensive collection spanning a half-century of American life, politics, and personal experience.
• Passionately Engaged Poet
  • Bill Nevins is known for truth-telling poetry that confronts injustice while affirming love and humanity.
• Wide-Ranging Themes
  • Includes Irish culture and poetry, war and peace (including the Irish Troubles), grief, faith, and the American Southwest.
• Perfect for Serious Readers & Gifting
  • Ideal for lovers of contemporary poetry, political poetry, Irish-American literature, and engaged literary writing. A meaningful addition for anyone who values poetry that speaks to our times.
• From Sligo Creek Publishing
  • A substantial 166-page paperback collecting a lifetime of important work.

About the Author

Bill Nevins is a poet, teacher, and activist whose work has been praised for its emotional depth and political courage. Light Bending stands as a powerful testament to a half-century of bearing witness through poetry.

Bill Nevins, born August 4, 1947, is a poet, a songwriter, a journalist, and a retired University of New Mexico educator who has worked in various media including film and video. Bill grew up in the US northeast and has lived in New Mexico since 1996. Bill graduated from Iona College, did graduate work in literature at U. of Connecticut and U. California at Berkeley and visited Ireland, Spain, Mexico, NYC, New Orleans and other places during both troubled and happier times. Bill is also a member of La Raza Unida, The National Writers Union, and Irish-American Writers and Artists.

Alan Abrams is a former motorcycle mechanic, builder, and building designer. His stories and poems have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic.