Firefall

by Heather Lang-Cassera

Firefall, by Heather Lang-Cassera, whispers to us the urgency of climate change. In hushed tones, lyrical free verse and cyclical pantoums evoke the diminishing and intensifying seasons. We might look for comfort in the occasional rhyming couplets, in the evocative syntax, in the breathtaking imagery that portrays the beauty of this world, yet these ecopoems require us to parse out seeming fire and flood, repetition and redundancy, vulnerable witness and autonomous self.

70 pages, Paperback

Published June 24, 2025

Reviews

[Kanwarpal Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

The poetry collection Firefall, by Heather Lang-Cassera, whispers to us the urgency of climate change. Heather Lang-Cassera's haunting and timely new poetry collection, is a banger at a appropriate time for readers are beckoned to bear witness to the fire, the flood, and the fragile, fleeting beauty we still call home alive .


With lyrical free verse, some random rhyming schemes ones, metaphorically saying few , Some that gave you life time experience or you can relate to recent life size event reading of sudden climate change experience and cyclical pantoums evoke the diminishing and intensifying seasons. We might look for comfort in the occasional rhyming couplets, imagery that portrays the beauty of this world, yet these eco-poems require us to praise our seeming fire and flood, repetition and redundancy, vulnerable witness and autonomous self.

She doesn't just write about environmental catastrophe she makes you feel things going around us . In Firefall, the landscape is not a backdrop but a body: bruised, burning, beautiful. And in that body, we recognize ourselves as earth who bear the consequences of human treatment towards Earth.

[Madison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another beautiful book of poetry that weaves imagery of nature with deep feelings. This book had a lot of huge one liners that stood out and really made you think. This type of poetry is still challenging for me but makes me want to study and be better at analyzing.

[Elizabeth Jaeger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though I generally do not read poetry, I found this book extremely engaging. I highly recommend it.

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a local, I always appreciate the artistic Las Vegas voice beyond the tourists view. Poignant sensory through a lovely lens.