Tears, ocean, and the taste of her: poems about heartbreak, desire and leaving home

By Ella Hughes

Tears, ocean, and the taste of her is a raw and intimate journey through family rejection, an exploration of loving women, intimacy, and the courage to find love in her arms despite disapproval.

From the confusing haze of childhood summers to the neon-lit freedom of city streets, these poems trace the path from a small conservative town to finding home in the arms of women who understand what it costs to love authentically. With unflinching honesty about desire, physical intimacy, and the electric pull between women who recognize each other across crowded rooms, this collection captures both the tenderness and the hunger of loving someone society tells you is forbidden.

These poems speak to anyone who has ever felt like a stranger in their own family, who has loved someone they weren't supposed to love, or who has built a life from the pieces left behind when old definitions of home no longer fit.

For women who have loved dangerously, quietly, and completely.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPR8BB7B
• ISBN13: 9798263654306
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"