Loves Lingering Tide

"Grief is love trying to continue its work."

In this tender yet unflinching poetry collection, Armando Heredia transforms the isolating weight of loss into a shared language of healing. Love's Lingering Tide navigates the raw aftermath of losing a loved one through eight interconnected poems that echo the rhythms of a breaking heart:

The haunting question: "Oh, how are you gone?"

The sacred ache of memory: "Everything reminds me of you"

The revelation: "Grief is the hardest part of love"

Heredia's spare, lyrical verse captures grief's paradoxes-its tidal pull between sorrow and solace, its power to shatter and rebuild identity, and its quiet insistence that love outlives absence. From silver pickup trucks to pink milkshakes at Howard's Diner, ordinary objects become vessels for the extraordinary love that remains.

Perfect for:
✦ Those navigating fresh or lingering grief
✦ Seekers of poetry that speaks with pain, not around it
✦ Support groups, counselors, and book clubs exploring loss
✦ Fans of Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur), The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion), and Time Is a Mother (Ocean Vuong)

Book Details:
∙ Pages: 34 (including title/contents)
∙ Structure: 8 thematically linked poems
∙ Tone: Intimate ∙ Hopeful ∙ Unadorned ∙ Healing

Let these poems be your anchor in the storm.
Love's tide lingers-and so does the grace it leaves behind.