Bubblegum Heart

bubblegum heart is a raw and luminous debut poetry collection by Quazaye Konkel that explores the sticky-sweet ache of first love, heartbreak, and the resilience of soft-hearted survival. These poems hum with vulnerability, sensuality, and quiet rebellion—offering readers a tender autopsy of what it means to love deeply, lose fiercely, and keep believing in something soft anyway.

From bedroom sighs and sapphire earrings to moonlit promises and emotional armor, bubblegum heart captures the bittersweet beauty of being young, tender, and entirely undone. With striking imagery and a confessional voice, Konkel speaks directly to the girls who loved too hard, the hearts that refused to harden, and the softness that somehow still survives.

Perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur, Blythe Baird, and Courtney Peppernell, this collection is a celebration of softness as strength—and a love letter to the ones who feel too much.