Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 20, 2026
Matthew Borczon

Matthew Borczon

Matthew Borczon is a poet and Navy sailor from Erie, Pa his latest book "Ghost Highway Blues" just came out through Alien Buddha Press. He publishes extensively in the small press.

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About Matthew Borczon

Matthew Borczon is a nurse and Navy sailor from Erie, Pa. He has published ten books of poetry including, A Clock of Human Bones (Yellow Chair Review), Battle Lines (Epic Rites Press), Ghost Train (Weasel Publishing), Sleepless Nights and Ghost Soldiers (Grey Boarders), and The Smallest Coffins are the Heaviest(Epic Rites Punk Chapbook) Capp Road (Nixes Mate press ) This Many Years After the War ( Cajun Mutt Press ) Ghost Highway Blues ( Alien Buddha Press ). He was a recipient of the Emerging Artist Grant in his hometown of Erie, Pa. He was nominated for a Pushcart and a Best of the Net for poetry in 2016. When not writing he raises four children with his wife of 21 years.

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  • My Wife

    Matthew Borczon is a poet and Navy sailor from Erie, Pa his latest book "Ghost Highway Blues" just came out through Alien Buddha Press. He publishes extensively in the small press.

  • PTSD#35

    "...the ghosts are already on the move..."

  • I Was

    "...on one knee helping..."