Where the Branches Bend is a contemporary poetry collection that explores healing, accountability, and the quiet courage required to return to the right path and bring others with you. Through reflective and inspirational poetry, these poems examine what it means to grow with intention and move through life with grace.
"This pen leans towards love and doesn't stray. The opposite is obsolete..."
"...and as we fall
into crisp mornings
the dew whispers
to our adolescence
rushing to and from
love in the morning."
"I'm unsure as to why the clouds and rain calm me. I can swim in the dark hues of blue and ashy grays and never drown..."

In Hayward’s Pen, Devin Nelson invites readers into a deeply personal exploration of growth, heartbreak, and rediscovery. Through reflective prose and lyrical honesty, he writes about what it means to feel deeply, heal slowly, and find meaning in moments both ordinary and extraordinary.
"What if I held you close and brushed the hair from your face and told you respect will always be present?"
"...these hands will make the fires that keep us warm, catch the fish that we eat, fight to protect our honor, fix the leaks in the ceiling, give mother peace of mind and hold the children up to the sun."
"A letter. An apology that I struggle to write because words won't do my sorrow any justice."
"but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that sketch you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear"
1 Peter 3:15