Tanka Journal poet

Christa Planko

9 poems in Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 5, Issue 7, Issue 8, Issue 9

In their own words

Christa Planko is a medical writer/editor by profession with a love for creative writing and poetry.

Christa graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), and a Master of Arts in English from Drew University (Madison, NJ). She has had her poetry and short stories featured in several publications, including River Poets Journal, The Write Room, Haiku Journal, Three-Line Poetry, and Every Day Fiction.

Currently, she resides in South Jersey with her 6 feline muses.

Crimson and gold tonesbedazzled the jeweled trees,adorned for harvest --Hoping to reap love's bounty,I faced stark, chill emptiness.

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The sinking sun metthe purpling starlit sky --lovers approaching --cheek-to-cheek in the twilight,pulling on evening's cover.

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A whirlwind romance--an emotional typhoon--sweeping winds of change,and as quickly lovers drift,riding tomorrow's tempest.

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Autumn's final kiss --warm, spiced cider pressed to lips --steamy memory,like the scent of worn leather,brush of stubble on my cheek.

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Rich autumn bonfireignites beneath starless skylovers' combustionheated clash spiraling smokeas passion smolders - snuffed out

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branching winter froststreaks down frozen window panes -building vacated -halls once alive with voices,empty rooms warm with bodies

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Watermarked by tears,a story bleeds from my heart,wrenched out unfinished --Last kiss lingers on my lipslike words that remain unsaid

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uprooted pebbles,lost, tumbling in rolling tide,caught in the current --newfound lovers swept away,seeking sanctuary shore

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veins of frost encroachwe enter heart of winterin frozen silencehe slipped away, not a word --Better cold than face goodbye

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