Ann Christine Tabaka
Jazz Club
The lights dima horn wails
smoke and whiskeyfill the room
A voice like silk
from some long past era
hearts mellow tears spill
Bodies sway fingers snap
Feet s h u f f l e
across the floor
Hushed voice conversations
glasses clink toes tap
Drunk on atmosphere
a slice of heaven on a paper plate
High notes - low bows
the jazzman walks off
claps and whistles follow
the lights rise
Bio
Ann Christine Tabaka has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry, and won poetry awards from publications. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking. Chris lives with her husband and two cats. Her most recent credits are: Ariel Chart, Page & Spine, West Texas Literary Review, Oddball Magazine, The Paragon Journal, The Literary Hatchet, The Stray Branch, Trigger Fish Critical Review, Foliate Oak Review, Bindweed Magazine, Raven, RavensPerch, Anapest Journal, Mused, Apricity Magazine, The Write Launch, The Stray Branch, Scryptic Magazine, Ann Arbor Review, The McKinley Review.