Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Poetry

Poems published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

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A Forgotten Nightmare by Carl Wade Thompson

"...A ghost's cry rings hollow..."

The Music in My Head Wants To Come Out and Play by Charles Cicirella

"...a Greek chorus rolling around your brain..."

Forty pages made of snow by Abigail George

"...You're something beautiful, you know..."

Turncoat by Mikel K

"...you are still the same you..."

Trench Soliloquy by Rushika Wick

"...but light leaches from the booming sky..."

Spiritual Drift by Carl Wade Thompson

"...only the Dharma Wheel remains..."

Outer Space by Lydia Manx

"The distance I picked was not far enough..."

Encounters by Carl Wade Thompson

"...their souls stretch -- famished, rice paper thin in the wind..."

Cedar by Sheikha A.

"...down to the ankles beaded with care fully stringed bands of promises..."

Impatience by Alberto Quero

"...I must confess I constantly look at the sky, trying to recover a colossal sign..."

The Broken Ghost by Carl Wade Thompson

"...no thought is left to him...just a vengeful ghost..."

The Green Sun of October in the Republic of Dounia by Helmi Ben Meriem

An image to sink into...

Silence by Carl Wade Thompson

Carl Wade Thompson is a poet, memoirist, and the graduate writing tutor at Texas Wesleyan University.

Crafting by JD DeHart

"...a better person to sit in my place..."

Bring Back Our History and Heritage by Ndaba Sibanda

"You have muddied the waters..."

Dorian Gray by Charles Cicirella

Yes, this is why we do it...

Cardiac Rehab by Rushika Wick

"...If only I could survive without mine..."

The Psycho-Analysis of Birds by Sudeep Adhikari

"...I overheard people making shapes of water..."

Birthdays by Tony Gloeggler

"... At eighteen, I was lost and living in my parents' basement..."

The Bench by Helmi Ben Meriem

"...in the Sunset Garden..."

Metamorphosis by Sheikha A.

"...the courage of Icarus in their wings..."

Scrabble, Off-the-Board by Terry Petersen

"...if I could resurrect the past I would open both ears..."

Coming Back by Alberto Quero

Alberto Quero, poet and narrator, holds a BA in Literature and Linguistics, a Masters in Venezuelan literature and a Doctorate in Humanities by the University of Zulia, Venezuela. He is a member of the Venezuelan Association of Semiotics, the Venezuelan College of Educators, the International Writers' Parliament of Colombia and the Iberian American Writers' Society.

She Is an American Girl by Mikel K

"...but she didn't fall for me..."

Crop Growers of the Universe by John Grey

"...it's a pilgrim's heartbreak..."

Energizer Bunny by Charles Cicirella

"...When to push the river and when to say Geronimo..."

The Day They Closed Up by JD DeHart

"...when they put their blinders on..."

The Elephantine Call by Ndaba Sibanda

Because there are people in the world who worship money above all else...

The Never-Minders by Ndaba Sibanda

"...The poor people's silence..."

The Lovers by Rushika Wick

Rushika Wick is a poet, fiction writer and physician from South London.