You Are Not the Man I Loved is a confessional free verse poetry collection about what happens when love is built on illusion and shattered by truth.

Through a raw and nonlinear emotional arc, these poems trace the aftermath of intimate betrayal: the confusion of loving someone who never truly existed, the grief of losing both the person and the future you believed in, and the slow, unflinching process of reclaiming yourself.

Structured through the emotional landscape of grief, this collection moves through denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance — not as stages, but as overlapping states that shape the reality of heartbreak and healing.

Blending sharp imagery with emotional precision, this collection captures the disorientation of betrayal and the strength it takes to survive it.

For readers who have loved deeply, lost painfully, and had to remake themselves in the aftermath.

Emote is a book of poetry for anyone who has ever felt that they’re too much, too tender, or too hard to love.

Told in raw free verse and paired with hand-drawn illustrations, Emote explores what it means to be human — feeling deeply, messily, and without apology.

This debut collection invites the reader through waves of emotion: sadness, despair, anticipation, fear, disgust, anger, longing, devotion, and resilience. Each poem captures the quiet aches and loud truths of being cracked open by intimacy — the way love can mark you, stretch you, abandon you, and grow you. It holds space for hope, heartbreak, self-forgiveness, and the reclamation of identity and power.

Written by a woman who feels everything all the way through, Emote spans years of endings, beginnings, and almosts — finding poetry in every iteration of love. 

If you’re searching for poetry that really sees you, this just might be the book you need.