Beyond the Reach of Time

by Ann Christine Tabaka


Black crow
          sings a song
unknown to man.
Forest awakes,
          answering back.

Vestiges of life
          fall from the sky           
like winter snow.
Existence comes into being.

Dawn bursts forth,
          day enters.
Stars blink their goodbyes.
So it is said, so it is done.

The guardian steps forth
          as light emerges.
Time lapses …
Burgeoning worlds converge.

The sky is alive.
          I hear his song.
Black crow flies off,
Beyond the reach of time.


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"Beyond the Reach of Time" received the Third Place Award in Vita Brevis January 2018 Best Poem of the Month Contest

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.