ANN CHRISTINE TABAKA

ANN CHRISTINE TABAKA

AFTERNOON FUN

Old movies

A celluloid circus

Of black and white and gray

Faded sepia tone

Slapstick and quirky

Romance and Noir

Dramatic and dark

Living life on the edge

I can almost hear the clicking

of the film reel as it spins

Rainy afternoon enjoyment

Popcorn in hand

Swaddled in an afghan

With cat in lap

A make believe world feels real

For one afternoon

DESIRABLE

Your beauty draws me in

Enveloped in your arms

I am obsessed by you

Entranced by your charms

You are most desirable

Oh so perfect in my eyes

I want to possess you

You are the ultimate prize

I can almost taste your kiss

As I hold you in my dreams

But life can be so cruel

It is never as it seems

There are times that it feels

As if you could be mine

But the moments always pass

The stars never quite align

If you were but a person

Your love I might inspire

Alas you remain elusive

It is wisdom I desire

LATE SUMMER LAMENT

Hearts are melancholy

when autumn invades.

Time passes quickly

as daylight fades.

August, bitter sweet,

flowers give their all.

Animals scurry about

in preparation for fall

A certain feel to mornings,

change is in the air.

Days retain summer heat.

Nights are cool and fair.

The quality of evening light,

an eerie pink overcast,

reflecting off cloud cover.

Warning summer will not last.

ANN CHRISTINE TABAKA

ANN CHRISTINE TABAKA was born and lives in Delaware, USA.  She is a published poet, an artist, a chemist, and a personal trainer.  She loves gardening, cooking, and the ocean.  Chris lives with her husband and two cats.  Her poems have been published in numerous national and international poetry journals, reviews, and anthologies. Chris has been selected as the resident Haiku poet for Stanzaic Stylings.