Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Joan McNerney

Joan McNerney

Joan McNerney's poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze, Blueline, and Halcyon Days.

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About Joan McNerney

Joan McNerney's poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze, Blueline, and Halcyon Days. Three Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Kind of A Hurricane Press Publications have accepted her work. Her latest title is "Having Lunch with the Sky" and she has four Best of the Net nominations.

Books by Joan McNerney

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  • Long Haul Driver

    "...an adventure to roam through states and cities..."

  • Fear

    "...snapping apart careening us against the long cold night..."

  • Knave

    "...Headlight eyes scoping each corner searching prey..."

  • Broken Dream

    "...a dream of grey imprisoned within grey stone..."

  • Eleventh Hour

    "...Let slumber come covering me..."

  • How Trouble Grows

    "...Trouble knows where you live..."

  • Bar Fly

    "...some clown who carries thick wads of cash..."

  • Luck

    "...Luck has a toxic twin called Misfortune..."

  • Questions

    "...so callous to laugh at the suffering of the sick..."

  • Lost Dream

    "...How difficult to find that dream street which I must discover..."

  • tumbling

    "...this crapshoot of life crushed my dreams..."

  • This Long Road

    "...how could we ever believe that delusion..."

  • Pursued

    "...It follows me, this long shadow..."

  • Computer Games

    "...slogs and limps of this withered day..."

  • Wonder Lotion

    "...you stand beguiled by glowing beauty..."

  • Scarves

    "...I will fashion boas of bright ruby and tangerine..."

  • Blown Away

    "...I’ll run downstairs through hallways into bursts of blue..."