A bit of a short rambling for this poetry collection, mainly because I’m not entirely sure how to describe it, other than that it’s worth picking up to explore the wonders of Lauren-Abunassar’s poems. There’s a clear flow and steady pulse that carries the reader from one poem to the next. I guess in a way, it makes sense that the title of this collection would borrow from the Coriolis effect, which (to my understanding) is the way moving objects and weather patterns are deflected relative to the earth’s rotating surface. There’s a way that these poems move and make patterns that I found riveting.

Some favorites: “Something I Wrote Down,” “Aphantasia,” “Field Guide as Sonnet,” “Where Have You Gone, Connie Converse,” “Courage the Cowardly Dog Goes Off on a Tangent,” “Anything with Skin,” and “Cryptid Poem // Victim Impact Statement”