falling to earth is the second collection of poetry by Affrilachian Poet Co-founder Gerald L. Coleman. This chapbook length collection is centered around the concept of love. Gerald L. Coleman explores love of self, others, lovers, and life. falling to earth is a profound journey into the heart of the poet. Praise for falling to earth: Gerald L. Coleman's poetry travels. He scours the expanse of countries and the breadth of literature to arrive in a lyric of love, self-actualization, and forgiveness. falling to earth warms like a dizzying heartbeat-reminding us that life is a wildish thing to be braved, not tamed. Shayla Lawson Author of Pantone and A Speed Education In Human Being In falling to earth, Coleman takes you from standing on the lip of the ocean with a very grown-up love, to the soft crushing moment in adolescence when you realize the world does not see you like you see yourself, they wanted me to believe i was nothing. Frank, honest, and discerning, these poems prove that there is still very much a place for a true gentleman in a modern world. Tina Andry Author of ransom notes In falling to earth Gerald L. Coleman tells the complicated story of modern love. This collection narrates a journey from the heavens to the earth and across the surface of the earth-from Havana to Paris to the Seychelles. This journey moves through literature and history, music and dance. It's the story of a boy coming into knowledge of the world, himself, and his heart. Coleman's poems are tender and they shine with his wit, his honesty, and eye for detail. They pull us into a love story and dance their way into politics; and as they do, they move from yearning to rapture to loss to new hope. Jeremy Paden Author of Broken Tulips and Ruina Montium "There is something primordial," about falling to earth by Gerald L. Coleman, a collection of lusty, visceral poems that hold the reader. Coleman crafts language that flirts & seduces, taking us to Havana & Paris, pouring us espresso & "bottles of rye nestled beneath breasts." He writes of love that transcends galaxies with moon meet ups & "dresses made of starlight." He is writing to & for his muse, the kisses he can't forget & the haunting of lost love. These poems are intimate & heavy. They stay with us, they "do not shrink, kink or fade." Coleman faces many truths in this collection - writing about his identity, "before i discovered/ i was black/ i believed i was/ beautiful." He confronts racism & writes elegies to brown bodies. His language is both taut & unrelenting, carrying us through the hurt & lift, lifting us beyond. Ellen Hagan Author of Hemisphere