Articles by Ann Christine Tabaka

Poem

• Poisoned Pleasures (November 27, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...of a time I still try hard to forget..."

• Writing My Life Away (January 8, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Your words piercing my heart again..."

• Me, Myself, and Solitaire (February 5, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...I catch myself cheating..."

• Vacant House (March 5, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...The door was ajar..."

• Peas Porridge Hot... (April 2, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...my kettle of wasted dreams ready for the compost pile..."

• Nonsense Poem (June 4, 2018) poem rhymed

  "...The sequins are still blue..."

• Unreality (July 2, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Store window displays staring back with vacant eyes..."

• The Old Man (August 13, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Embers fading, ashes flying, eyes like a smoke filled room..."

• The Insanity of It All (September 17, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Lost loves and ugly little secrets..."

• The Waiting Is the Hardest Part (October 29, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...He knows it is his time..."

• Negative Space (January 14, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Counting minutes, hours turn to days..."

• No Turning Back (February 18, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Forlorn and forgotten, forsaken and lost..."

• Ransomed Dream (March 18, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...within echoes of a life I do not recall..."

• Living in Despair (April 15, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Heart to mind to lips, gone from the universe..."

• All Is Lost (May 13, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...The truth has no meaning among the unholy hordes..."

• My Words (August 26, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...I am raw and crude at the core..."

• Uprooted (September 16, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Time is now the enemy, bulldozing hope into the ground...

• The Human Lot (October 14, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...As tortured souls we quibble and dispute..."

• His Daughter (November 18, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...There were not enough tears to make things work..."

• This Game Called Life (December 9, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Chasing aspirations in a never ending circle..."

• A Toast to Death (May 4, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Songs echo through shadows of once bright lives..."

• Anxiety Attack (June 8, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...I grieve my existence, swimming in emotions..."

• Abandonment (July 13, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...An endurance of sorrow and regret..."

• A Year Gone Wrong (February 7, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...all we want is a little light, a little breath..."

• Acceptance Cries Out for More (March 14, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...pieces of a time once spent..."

• Broken Chains (April 25, 2022) poem

  "...I cannot dispatch you to a fettered future..."

• Road to Oblivion (November 27, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...A schism grows wider with each word spoken..."

• On My Way to Freedom / I Met Life (December 25, 2023) poem unrhymed

  "...Open roads call to me..."

• In the Beginning (January 22, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...emotions trailed behind, following a sorrowful path..."

• Forever Gone (February 19, 2024) poem unrhymed

  "...A revelation, wanting to be immortalized in words..."

Short

• Altered Reality (September 13, 2021) flash fiction

  What is reality? Is it the same for everyone?