“The Blooms That Fall” on beauty and imperfection through nature’s seasons

Recently published, “The Blooms That Fall,” by Angelina Der Arakelian–Dennington, with illustrations by Art Deno, illuminates the complexity of human experience by setting it against the variety and impermanence of the earth’s seasons. The title signals the book’s central trajectory: Beauty is witnessed, then released, making room for the next phase of creation.

In this collection, Der Arakelian–Dennington moves through the four seasons and their distinct temperaments in separate parts. Nature becomes a mirror for the self, shaped through tools forged by literary forebears Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Carl Jung and Rumi. The writer acknowledges the consequences of an ever‑changing world with steady rhythm and familiar metaphors, offering a sense of continuity within change.