Imagination

by Ann Christine Tabaka


The fog closes in
It surrounds me
It dampens my senses
It impairs my vision
But at the same time it enlivens me
I feel a tingle of excitement
I am transported to another time
To a distant shore
Into a story I once read
Where ships traverse dangerous waters
While lighthouses atop craggy rocks guide them
Back to a time of sea monsters and damsels in distress
A time of mystery and wonder
But then the fog begins to lift
And I must come back to earth
But just for one moment
Time stood still and the fantasy was real


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Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 & 2023 Pushcart Prize in Poetry; nominated for the 2023 Dwarf Stars award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association; winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year; featured in the Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021. Selected as a Judge for the Soundwaves Poetry Contest of Northern Ireland 2023. She is the author of 17 poetry books, and 1 short story book. Her most recent credits are: The Phoenix; Eclipse Lit, Carolina Muse, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, Ephemeral Literary Review, The Elevation Review, North Dakota Quarterly.