Download or read book In Praise of Falling written by Cheryl Dumesnil and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2009-07-31 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poems in this collection are the proverbial spring bulbs abandoned in the basement, growing toward a slim crack of sunlight. They are both aware of the limitations of social structures and forcefully committed to breaking out of those traps, urging toward a better way of living. The characters in these poems resist the twenty-first century’s prescription for a life of emotional-spiritual bankruptcy, reaching toward an ever-elusive glimmer on the horizon.