Between Bruises & Blooms

A poetry library for the things that bruise us, the things that bloom anyway, and everything we become in between.

Grief & Loss

Grief does not disappear when life keeps moving. It simply learns how to move with us.

Welcome

This collection holds the losses that changed the shape of everything after them. Some have names. Some have dates. Some arrive as anniversaries, memories, medical language, or ordinary moments that suddenly hurt more than they should.

These poems do not try to make grief beautiful. They simply give it somewhere honest to exist beside the love that survived it.

What We Carry

Child Loss
MaKenna
Pregnancy Loss
Remembrance

Within Pregnancy Loss

Ectopic Pregnancy
Miscarriage

Latest from Grief & Loss

  • Tiny Hands, Heavy Heart

    A mother carries wounds her children cannot see while still becoming the safest place their tiny hands know.

  • A Mother Holds Both

    The author reflects on the simultaneous joy and grief of motherhood, remembering a daughter lost years ago while cherishing moments with her living children. Despite the passage of time, the love for her departed child persists, intertwined with gratitude for the present, emphasizing that joy and sorrow can coexist in a mother’s heart.