Tides That Shape Us (Paperback)

Barry C. Eneh

ISBN 13: 9798385271658

Published by Resource Publications (CA), 2026

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Paperback. In Tides That Shape Us, Barry C. Eneh offers a clear-eyed and deeply felt meditation on grief, healing, and the slow work of becoming. These poems do not rush resolution or soften what has been lost. They remain--attentive, patient--alongside the reader, moving through the shifting terrains of sorrow, memory, and endurance. With a voice both restrained and compassionate, Eneh gives language to what many carry but cannot easily name: the enduring presence of love in absence, the quiet labor of continuing, and the subtle ways a life is reshaped by what it has survived. Rather than offering neat answers, this book reveals grief as a living tide: sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle, always shaping those it touches into someone truer. With poetic clarity and contemplative depth, Eneh traces the hidden movements of sorrow--how it unsettles one's identity, widens one's capacity to feel, and ultimately teaches a new way of belonging to oneself and the world. Both intimate and universal, Tides That Shape Us speaks to anyone navigating loss, burnout, disorientation, or the long work of becoming whole again. It is not a map out of grief but a lantern for the path--reminding readers that even in the most broken seasons, something in us is still listening for the shore. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tides That Shape Us (Paperback)
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798385271658
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Tides That Shape Us, Barry C. Eneh offers a clear-eyed and deeply felt meditation on grief, healing, and the slow work of becoming. These poems do not rush resolution or soften what has been lost. They remain--attentive, patient--alongside the reader, moving through the shifting terrains of sorrow, memory, and endurance. With a voice both restrained and compassionate, Eneh gives language to what many carry but cannot easily name: the enduring presence of love in absence, the quiet labor of continuing, and the subtle ways a life is reshaped by what it has survived. Rather than offering neat answers, this book reveals grief as a living tide: sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle, always shaping those it touches into someone truer. With poetic clarity and contemplative depth, Eneh traces the hidden movements of sorrow--how it unsettles one's identity, widens one's capacity to feel, and ultimately teaches a new way of belonging to oneself and the world. Both intimate and universal, Tides That Shape Us speaks to anyone navigating loss, burnout, disorientation, or the long work of becoming whole again. It is not a map out of grief but a lantern for the path--reminding readers that even in the most broken seasons, something in us is still listening for the shore.

About the Author

Barry C. Eneh is a public health scholar, healthcare chaplain, poet, and founder of the Sunward Institute, a meaning-centered initiative devoted to accompanying individuals and institutions through grief, identity, and transition. For more than two decades, his work has unfolded at the intersection of narrative medicine, public health, trauma-informed care, and human dignity. He is the author of Pulse of Becoming.