Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 13, 2026
Jack Henry

Jack Henry

Jack Henry lives in seclusion in the high desert of SE California amongst the tumbleweeds and creosote plants. During short breaks from drinking, camping, hiking, working, dreaming, sweating, chasing, and sleeping he writes the occasion poem.

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About Jack Henry

Jack Henry is a California-based poet hiding out in the high desert. After a ten-year hiatus from writing, Jack has returned and has recently been published in: Winamop, Red Fez, Dope Fiend Daily, Bold Monkey, Horror Sleaze Trash, Rusty Truck, Smoking Typewriter, Raven Cage, Poetic Diversity, Dissident Voice, Cajun Mutt (upcoming) Fearless (upcoming), and Misfits Magazine (Upcoming). There are several chapbooks and two full length books: With The Patience of Monuments(NeoPoesis Press) and Crunked (Epic Rites) from the past. And there is that Heroin Love Songs journal he produces from time to time, next edition available in December. For more see his website, jck hnry &vbar; poet: poetry of honesty, life, and sex .

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  • organic chemistry

    Jack Hnry lives in seclusion in the high desert of SE California amongst the tumbleweeds and creosote plants. During short breaks from drinking, camping, hiking, working, dreaming, sweating, chasing, and sleeping he writes the occasion poem.

  • unwashed mirror

    "...every soul has two sides; not every secret is so simple..."

  • a bringer of death

    "...i am not one to walk in a world of profundity..."

  • anxiety

    "...'how much time?' i ask..."

  • a crowded mid-town bus around noon

    "...she is not talking to me..."

  • arise

    "...with the pain of a thousand lies..."

  • dawn

    "...where the warmth of that memory..."

  • idiom

    "...longing for the print edition of Los Angeles Times..."

  • falling down

    "...sirens sound in the distance..."

  • marker

    "...no longer see past shadows that linger across treetops..."