3Fragments of Life is an emotionally filled, eclectic collection of personal essays, poems, and prose of life and love. Edward Bicket is a romanticist, whose emotions were manacled during his 35-year career as a police officer. Those suppressed emotions have been poured into this book through his poems of love and light, grief, darkness, and humor. Experience his incredible connection with nature, and love for people. His care and compassion are on full display as he also brings you written pieces for inspiration and support. Join him on a journey through life from dawn to sunset as he extracts many colorful fragments of life from his darkness, shares himself with you, and puts his vulnerabilities on full display to entertain and move your emotions. Witness the world through his eyes and life experiences, and see the darkness he forever carries from his dedicated service as a police officer, and the darkness he now endures in a life of isolation, following his near-death experience from COVID-19. This book shares many fragments of Edward Bicket's life but will have you reminiscing on your life as well. A book to connect deeply with, as it is intimate, emotional, and entertaining. Written with purity and honesty, and spattered with self-deprecating humor. Follow his heart into the book where his emotions and fragments of his life are waiting for you. These personal essays, poems, and prose will part the clouds and bring warmth and sunshine to the soul. From his darkness and isolation, he has pulled the light and love from within and brings it to you in his first book titled . . . Fragments of Life.