The Loss of You & Me: Haiku in Four Acts
About this ebook
The Loss of You & Me is a haiku collection that maps the full arc of a relationship — from the giddy gravity of falling in love, through the gut-punch of betrayal, into the silent wreckage of heartbreak, and finally toward the fragile work of rebuilding a self.
Structured in four acts — Attachment, Betrayal, Collapse, Survival — each spare, three-line poem captures a single unbearable moment: the scent of her hair on a pillow, a phone left unlocked, an empty shelf where photographs used to stand. Nothing is explained. Everything is felt.
M O Dada writes grief the way it actually arrives — not in paragraphs, but in flashes. This is a book for anyone who has loved completely, lost devastatingly, and is still learning how to say "me" again after so long saying "us."
Approximately 90 pages. A quick, powerful read — perfect for one sitting or one poem a day.
About the author
M.O. Dada writes about what survives love and loss — what pulls people together, what breaks them apart, and what's left standing after. His work moves between forms: the sprawling, sensory verse of a single unforgettable night, the tight discipline of haiku tracing a relationship's entire arc, and short, aphoristic poems that turn a single feeling over until it reveals its shape.
Born in Nigeria and now based in London, he draws on distance, memory, and the beauty found in fleeting moments. His debut, A Night in Rome on a Full Moon, is a novel-in-verse following one impulsive night in Rome between two people reconnecting after years apart — told in raw, lyrical fragments across five acts. His follow-up, The Loss of You and Me, charts the full arc of a relationship's rise and collapse in haiku, structured across four movements: attachment, betrayal, collapse, and survival.
Whatever the form, he keeps circling the same questions: what we owe the people who mattered, what remains of us after loss, and what it costs — or gives back — to finally stand alone.
