Nocturnes was written in response to the poet’s parents dying within five weeks of each other. The poems examine mental illness, addiction, violence, and the emotional residue of both what is remembered and what we wish we could forget. At its core, Nocturnes seeks to understand grief as narrative, metaphor and the relationship between content and form. Rather than offering explanation or closure, Nocturnes examines the lived consequences of illness and addiction—as well as examining the complexities of being a parent.  

The collection takes its name, Nocturnes, because—like musical composition—its themes recur, recede, while still circling around the same motifs, in varying tonal spaces. The poetic form of these poems allows space for interpretation and gives the reader an opportunity to reflect on their own emotional landscape.

(https://bottlecap.press/collections/bottlecap-features).