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amymapsmith's review
5.0
Like we do, the poems in Things That Go live within (and with) the built and natural environments - they are the poems' infrastructure and means of transportation without which things wouldn't be able to go, move, transition, change, or leave. Centered around the story of Lot's Wife, Engel's poems carry with them the difficulty of going, and the consequences of bearing witness. Like an old tree, one catches in many of these poems glimpses of layers where the bark is peeling. And as you would an old tree, you'll want to revisit Engel's poems multiple times to peel them back.
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