Nocturne

Nocturne (2020)

Nocturne (2020)

Between
constant and unfixed
you are part of me yet separate.

Though I cannot grasp, you fill my body.
I breathe, touch,
consume until you fill me.

You are both eternal and mutable.
I reach to touch and discover you
already in my lungs, setting.

More vast than this experience
you observe the spectacle,
existing in the moment between past and future.


2020

January
Australia bushfires burn 47 million acres, kill 3 million animals
Covid announced – January 9
Wolf moon – January 10
Brexit – January 31

February
Heightened tension and rumors of war with Iran – January -February
Presidential Impeachment acquittal – February 5
Snow moon – February 9
Ahmad Arbury’s death – February 23

March
Worm moon – March 9
Breonna Taylor’s death – March 13
MN state of emergency declared (Covid related) – March 13
Sophia’s birthday– March 14
Work from home begins – March 16
Distance learning begins – March 18
Spring equinox – March 19
MN stay at home order issued – March 25

April
Pink Moon – April 7

May
Flower moon – May 7
George Floyd’s death – May 25

June
Strawberry moon – June 5

July
Buck moon – July 5
Summer solstice – July 20
MN mask mandate begins – July 25

August
California wildfires burn 4 million acres – August
Micah’s birthday – August 3
Sturgeon moon – August 5
Beirut explosion – August 4
Signed divorce papers – August 5
Kamala Harris announced as VP – August 11
Filed divorce papers – August 14

September
Corn moon – September 2
My birthday – September 4
RBG death – September 18
Autumnal equinox – September 22

October
Harvest moon – October 1
Caleb’s birthday – October 2
Divorce hearing – October 7
Blue moon – October 31

November
Presidential election – November 3
The US formally leaves the Paris Climate Agreement – November 4
Presidential race called – November 7
Beaver moon – November 30

December
Construction begins on Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline – December 7
First Covid vaccine approved – December 14
Winter solstice – Dec 21
Cold moon – Dec 29