Bittersweet:
Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust (2022)
Bittersweet is a beautiful and inspiring award-winning poetry collection for those who seek lessons from love, loss and heartbreak, and the wanderlust we feel as we journey through life.
Each page will open your heart and share with you stories of:
The roads less traveled
The memories of past lovers
The moments of deep reflection sparked by life's mysteries
Sit down with the raw words of this poetry book, and may each poem slowly soften your heart. May each message plant in you a profound feeling that will blossom into something grand. May you rediscover your will to love, explore, and venture fearlessly into the unknown. And finally, may you find the wisdom to understand that it’s often the painful times that help us grow.
Life can be bittersweet, but it’s the changes in the seasons that help us appreciate the beautiful moments when they come.
Bittersweet has won multiple book awards, including the Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence (2023).
About the Author
Pablo Camacho is an award-winning author who was born into a military family. Bittersweet is a collection of poems and short writings written during the final years of his own military enlistment. As he deployed, traveled the world, and developed relationships with people, the moments that burned most vividly into his memory were the ones he wrote mostly about.
The ideas for many of the book's poems came from the deep emotions he felt during moments of heartbreak, loss, and loneliness as he spent a typical Marine's life stationed away from loved ones. However, many poems were also written from moments of absolute joy and wonder, such as when he visited Japan and Singapore or drove from coast to coast with his best friend in the United States.
