Sometimes, I Almost: A Collection of Heartbroken Poetry

by Elizabeth Suggs

Sometimes love doesn’t end all at once.

Sometimes it fades, fractures, and leads you into the wrong hands before you realize you’re lost.

Sometimes, I Almost is a contemporary heartbreak poetry collection about falling out of love, loving the wrong person, and learning how to choose yourself again. These poems move through loss, longing, missteps, and the quiet aftermath of emotional unraveling, capturing the space where desire blurs and clarity finally sharpens.

Written for anyone who has loved deeply and survived it, this book explores what it means to let go, to grieve what almost was, and to find self-acceptance on the other side of heartbreak. These are poems about falling out of love, about staying too long, and about the courage it takes to walk away when love is no longer safe or true.

This is emotional contemporary poetry for readers seeking healing after heartbreak, for those who have loved the wrong person and are learning how to come home to themselves.

Because the wrong love can still lead you home.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2026

About the author

Elizabeth Suggs is co-owner of the indie publisher Collective Tales Publishing, owner of Editing Mee, and is the author of several stories, two of which were in a podcast and poetry journal. She is the president of two writing groups, and she is a book reviewer and popular bookstagramer. When she is not writing or reading, she is playing video/board games or making cookies.

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