Sweet Rot Summer

Sweet Rot Summer follows a life that never asked to be simple. These poems move through a childhood cracked at the start, the uneasy drift of adolescence, and a marriage where endurance became the daily ritual. They mark the moment a son’s birth forced the world to tilt, the slow, unglamorous work of recovery, and the unexpected steadiness of a love found after the heart had nearly closed its doors. Across cities and seasons, the collection keeps its gaze on what actually lasts: the small, unguarded moments that outlive the noise and the strange company gathered along the way. In its final movement, it imagines a distant end of life pared down to essentials.