i sleep through another lunar eclipse: A Pantoum
by Amanda Nicole Corbin
i am done losing track of cosmic occurrence,
no longer slumbering through the moon’s slow
reveil. victorians and their moon-wonder:
an obsession with reaching foreign orbit,
no longer slumbering through the moon’s slow
fade. like a body reclaiming a fetus, it’s
an obsession with reaching a foreign orbit
for the strange, glowing other. how we
fade like a body reclaiming a fetus; it’s
the earth discarding secondary moons
back into the strange, glowing other. how we
love this shedding of parts, the mimicry of
the earth discarding its secondary moons.
i am done losing track of cosmic occurrence,
but love this shedding of parts, the mimicry of
reveiling the victorians and their moon-wonder.
no longer slumbering through the moon’s slow
reveil. victorians and their moon-wonder:
an obsession with reaching foreign orbit,
no longer slumbering through the moon’s slow
fade. like a body reclaiming a fetus, it’s
an obsession with reaching a foreign orbit
for the strange, glowing other. how we
fade like a body reclaiming a fetus; it’s
the earth discarding secondary moons
back into the strange, glowing other. how we
love this shedding of parts, the mimicry of
the earth discarding its secondary moons.
i am done losing track of cosmic occurrence,
but love this shedding of parts, the mimicry of
reveiling the victorians and their moon-wonder.
Amanda Nicole Corbin is an Ohio-based poet who has had her work published or forthcoming in The Notre Dame Review, The London Magazine, Door is a Jar, Palette Poetry, and more. Her work was nominated for Best Microfiction 2024 & 2025. Her debut full-length collection, addiction is a sweet dark room, (Another New Calligraphy, 2024) focuses largely on her journey and struggles with mental health and addiction.