Wonder Electric

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Elizabeth Cohen’s Wonder Electric opens in the wonder of domestic spaces where, “in this republic / of tamed energy, you can read / by pointed ghost light,” situating us in the idea of home while deftly warning of the forces beyond it. There is both “always a celebration / of violins in D Major happening / somewhere…under the wingspan / of every moment, every day” and there is always a force undoing us. With heartbreaking wryness, Cohen walks readers through an array of mysteries and losses—climate change, the empty nest, suicidal whales, deer season, the mystery of dogs, fierce love for a daughter, a pandemic, loneliness, the loss of those we love.