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Falling

Falling

By Pilar Graham

Published: 2025

Imprint: Stubborn Mule

Out of the dark hole of grief comes a startling, at times surreal, lyricism.
—Karl Kempton

The speaker asks us to let go of the guardrails of reason, of the safety of the everydayness, to dive without knowing how it will turn out.
—Michelle Patton

These poems are breathtaking and beautiful, intimate and powerful!
—James Tyner