Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Jan Wiezorek

Jan Wiezorek

Jan Wiezorek writes from Michigan. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote the ebook "Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing" (Scholastic, 2011). He holds a master’s degree in English Composition/Writing from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

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About Jan Wiezorek

Jan Wiezorek writes from Michigan. His poetry chapbooks, Prayer’s Prairie (Michigan Writers Cooperative Press) and Forests of Woundedness (Seven Kitchens Press), are forthcoming. Wiezorek’s poetry has appeared in The London Magazine, The Westchester Review, Lucky Jefferson, The Broadkill Review, BlazeVOX, LEON Literary Review, orangepeel literary magazine, and elsewhere. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote the ebook Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing (Scholastic, 2011). He is arts writer for PAN-O-PLY Story & Art Michiana, and his stories of unsung heroes have appeared in the Chicago Tribune. He holds a master’s degree in English Composition/Writing from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Wiezorek’s poems have been awarded by the Poetry Society of Michigan, and he is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Visit janwiezorek.substack.com.

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  • Tulip/Guitar

    Jan Wiezorek writes from Michigan. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote the ebook "Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing" (Scholastic, 2011). He holds a master’s degree in English Composition/Writing from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

  • Watermelon Bus

    "...men—reaching, grabbing melons, tossing them ..."

  • Destiny

    "...our simple plateaus of meaty struggle..."

  • Loneliness

    "...Will you remember me in ten years?..."

  • Virgin

    "A fabric following us..."