Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 13, 2026
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Luis has published poems online and in print at Blue Collar Review, Guerrilla Poetics Project, Mad Swirl, Unlikely Stories, and Yellow Mama Magazine.

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About Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, born in Mexico, lives in Southern California, and works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His first book of poems, Raw Materials, was published by Pygmy Forest Press. His other poetry books, broadsides, and chapbooks, have been published by Alternating Current Press, Deadbeat Press, Kendra Steiner Editions, Make the Light Mine, published by Kendra Steiner Editions, is his latest chapbook.

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  • It Is Raining Somewhere

    Luis has published poems online and in print at Blue Collar Review, Guerrilla Poetics Project, Mad Swirl, Unlikely Stories, and Yellow Mama Magazine.

  • Mouths and Teeth

    "...Where is the tooth fairy in all of this?..."

  • 6 Cents

    "...immaculate lawn and fluffy cushions..."

  • Stupid Fame

    "...loss of things you used to have..."

  • Comforting Darkness

    "... there was a calm like never before..."

  • January

    "...In January I could start off fresh..."

  • Places Leave Scars

    "...despondent as all hope is slain..."

  • The Muse on Vacation

    "I got nothing to give, reader..."

  • This is my Fate

    "...This path was carved for me..."

  • Worst Day

    "...Whoever put this curse on my life..."

  • Broken Afternoon

    "...I am old in my dream..."

  • Out of Eggs

    "...There will be a text..."

  • At the Swap Meet

    "...a hat with a black spider logo..."

  • Rain Walker

    "...Bathed in salt rain you will find me..."

  • Glaring Ice

    "...I will not tell you the name of the poem..."

  • Brief Dreams

    "...My invitation is only for you..."

  • All I Need Is a Puddle

    "...Astronomers can watch the skies like a math problem..."

  • Another Poem About Nothing

    "...until a thought came to my head..."

  • Blinded by All

    "...Poetry tries to take this curse..."

  • The Mind Wrestles

    "...dark places where light is just a flicker of hope..."

  • Dear Life

    "...Was it pointless to hope and hope every day?..."

  • Till You Feel Alright

    "...Heartbreak will get you to drinking..."

  • Sweetheart Deal

    "...Every sweet heart will break..."

  • Aloneness

    "...I rid myself of the noise that clutters the brain..."

  • Pitch-Black Darkness

    "...Death says nothing at the door...."

  • Rising with the Moon

    "...distant like the love I am over with..."

  • Get Out

    "...They think I have lost my mind...."

  • Nothing To Say

    "...Replaced, altered, that is how I feel...."

  • Death Was Crawling

    "...Its laughter was sharp and loud...."

  • The Great Escape

    "...this man, who knows not how to be..."

  • Tomorrow and Today

    "...Things can

  • The Stuff Department

    "...I do this and that for a living..."

  • Superman Strength

    "...He says he is going to make a movie..."

  • Pelt of Songs
  • Break Up the Day

    "Nothing is easy as you grow too old..."

  • Battle It Out

    "...They battle it out with the dying..."

  • Your Voice

    "...you swallowed shadows that you mistook for water..."

  • Sadness and Misery

    "...I rinse the doldrums out of my hair..."

  • The Machine

    "...The machine is never satiated..."

  • It Gets Worse

    "...Be kind to those around you..."

  • Cut Your Hair

    "...go out without feeling self-conscious...."

  • Intoxicated Bliss

    "... In the morning your woes will still be waiting..."

  • Like No One Else

    "...His words were like magic and beauty..."

  • Long Goodbye

    "...autumn’s coffin brought a funeral feeling on its first day..."

  • Like a Ghost

    "... I will come back like the ghost of nightmares..."

  • Spacious

    "...It is too distant for me to know..."

  • Tortoise Shell

    "...I never prepared to feel like this..."

  • The Hand

    "...It takes you to old and new places..."

  • Intoxicated Abyss

    "...as if the abyss was here only for me..."

  • Night of Tears

    "...such suffering as fire raged all around..."

  • The Fires

    "...ash in the streets and downriver..."

  • Nights Under Tranquil Clouds

    "...the intimacy of song, the air whispering..."

  • Autumn Leaf

    "...Seasons and time come and go..."

  • Bury Myself

    "...Who creates such woe? ..."

  • Angel

    "...It all seems kind of grim..."

  • Taste the Future

    "...I would give anything to be with you..."

  • Blue Sea, Blue Heart

    "... its intent was malevolent..."

  • After 50 Years

    "... after 50 years in this country I might have to leave..."

  • Time Does Not Stop

    "...I reach out to the clouds..."

  • Night in the City

    "...Night stars dish out judgment..."

  • Sleep Outside

    "... I feel bad for both of them..."

  • My Body

    "...An aching heart is sure to come..."

  • The Last and First of the Family Line

    "...some were intrigued by the skull..."

  • Memories and Forgetfulness

    "...Where are the mourners, old friends, old teachers?..."

  • No More Road

    "...I had no destination home..."

  • Break Through

    "...Slow traffic for miles and miles..."

  • Stuck with March

    "If only it was July..."