If you've ever felt the weight of heartbreak so deeply that even breathing seemed impossible, Saltwater & Stardust was written for you.
This debut poetry collection by Jasmine Roman moves through the raw territory of loss, abandonment, and the slow work of learning to love yourself again. Each poem is a moment of reckoning — sometimes painful, sometimes tender, always honest about what it means to survive heartbreak and find your way back to wholeness.
Who is this book for?
Saltwater & Stardust is for readers who are still in the process of healing. It's for the person who keeps a well-worn copy of Rupi Kaur close by, for those who are learning that self-love isn't selfish, for anyone brave enough to sit with their grief and transform it into something luminous.
It also makes a deeply meaningful gift — for a friend rebuilding after loss, someone navigating the aftermath of abandonment, or anyone on their own journey toward healing and wholeness.
What can I expect from the poems?
The collection moves through the real stages of heartbreak: the shock, the ache, the slow unraveling, and finally, the quiet revolution of choosing yourself. The saltwater appears as tears, as cleansing, as the body's way of processing what the heart cannot speak. The stardust represents transformation — the realization that even in your brokenness, you are being remade into something stronger, more radiant, more authentically you.
There are poems that will make you cry, and others that will make you stand a little taller. Some are spare and devastating; others unfold like a conversation with yourself at 3 AM, the kind that changes everything.
How do I get a copy?
Saltwater & Stardust is available now at jasmineroman.com. Ships worldwide.