Inspirational poet Adukeh announces the release date of debut poetry collection on 20 August 2025
‘Your tears fall like pearls’ is the debut collection of Adukeh the Poet, a British Nigerian poet from South London.
Written over a period of 20 years, Your tears fall like pearls, is an evocative debut collection by Adukeh the Poet set to be released by the Hekuda Creative Press imprint on 20 August 2025.
Your tears fall like pearls is an intimate and honest exploration of grief, loss, and the slow journey toward healing. Spanning over two decades of lived experience, the fourteen poems in this collection transform pain into profound beauty, offering readers both companionship in sorrow and hope for restoration.
These stories and meditations examine grief and loss in various forms – the death of loved ones, broken relationships, addiction recovery, and spiritual wrestling, while ultimately pointing toward redemption and renewal.
From the tender domesticity of “What it felt like when he made me a cup of tea” to the raw anguish of “Widower’s lament,” these verses map the landscape of human loss with remarkable honesty and grace. In poems like “Enough for you,” brokenness becomes a canvas for divine grace, while “The women’s group” celebrates the courage found in community and shared vulnerability.
Written with the heart of someone who has both witnessed and experienced deep sorrow, this collection offers no easy answers, but something far more valuable: the assurance that tears, like pearls, hold beauty and worth. “Your tears fall like pearls” is essential reading for anyone who has loved deeply enough to grieve, and brave enough to hope again.
“This collection represents what I’ve seen and learnt on a long personal journey of finding healing. It’s about the questions, memories, struggles, and ultimately consolation.
I hope readers will recognise their grief and loss in these poems and find some consolation to walk through dark times, and know that their tears are precious in themselves and especially to God,” says Adukeh.
Your tears fall like pearls will be available to buy from Amazon, Adukeh.com and all good bookstores from 20 August 2025.