Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Gary Glauber

Gary Glauber

Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. He champions the underdog to the melodic rhythms of obscure power pop.

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About Gary Glauber

Gary Glauber is a widely published poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. He champions the underdog and strives to negotiate through modern life's absurdities. He has two collections, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) and Worth the Candle (Five Oaks Press), and two chapbooks, Memory Marries Desire (Finishing Line Press) and The Covalence of Equanimity (SurVision Books), a winner of the 2019 James Tate International Poetry Prize. Two new collections are forthcoming: Rocky Landscape With Vagrants (Cyberwit.net) and A Careful Contrition (Shanti Arts Publishing).

Books by Gary Glauber

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  • The Guru of Going Places

    If you arrive where you need to be, does it matter which train you board?

Poem

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  • Napoleonic Code

    Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. He champions the underdog to the melodic rhythms of obscure power pop. His two collections, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) and Worth the Candle (Five Oaks Press), and a chapbook, Memory Marries Desire (Finishing Line Press), are available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and directly from the publishers.

  • Evening Broadcast

    "...from press release to catcher's mitt..."

  • On the Beach 1838

    "...Tomorrow the distant castle's shadow will be gone..."

  • The Fine Print

    "...But no one else deserves serenity that eludes her..."

  • Brunch

    "...Every word illuminated<br /> with a parent's pride..."

  • Reinventing Original Sin

    "...winds of past trauma rap at the window..."

  • Paying Respects

    "...the sound of my footsteps in the morning..."

  • Retribution

    "...Pay attention now or the cost drives up further..."

  • Retrospective

    "...silent valentine for what no longer exists..."

  • Barriers When Taste Breaks Sound

    "...if no one ever hears them, do the screams even count?"

  • My Turn

    Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations.

  • Modern Rage

    "...Fear is not entertainment, it's big business of another sort..."

  • Through My Neighbor's Window

    "...riding out pain like rodeo upstart..."

  • Downhill Racing

    "...The gradual engagement of entropy gains traction over time..."

  • Final at Bat

    "...the promise of a cup of coffee in the bigs...."

  • Retro Portrait: Local Style

    "...called to service toward mastery of desired style..."

  • Berth

    "...Alarms sound, the gates fall..."

  • Game with No Shot Clock

    "...we find ourselves down court, driving hard against logic..."

  • Pioneer Days

    "...exotic differences that found their way into my consciousness..."