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

Poetry

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

4,206 articles — page 128 of 141


Blue-Collar Twister by Sonnet Mondal

"...His weapons are a chisel and spade..."

Alone by Saheli Mitra

"...the raw brown of a wounded tree, hacked slowly and felled..."

Voldi by Abigail George

"...It has been years..."

Rare Sight by Sunil Sharma

An image to remember...

Believer's Blasphemy by Wanda Morrow Clevenger

"How dare the masters painted you..."

Lipstick by JD DeHart

"...One of small lifetime of impressions..."

Prehistoric by Steve Hood

...It lies as still as a stone,<br> waits for a thirsty animal...

Clockmaker by Michael Lee Johnson

"...life is a brass lever, a wordsmith, an artist at his craft..."

My Chained Faith by Sonnet Mondal

"...My belief is incurable and so is the facade of pleasure that I show..."

"Super Why" Not? by Terry Petersen

"...the enthusiasm innate to someone who knows... how to work for what she wants..."

The Unwanted Humanitarian by Ndaba Sibanda

"... One rumour was that he had a money-spitting snake he fed..."

i need by Jocelyn Mosman

"...joy in flesh and bone and all ten thousand emotions..."

Lesson Not Learnt by Saheli Mitra

"...Silencing my screams with your machine guns..."

Cardboard Queen by JD DeHart

"...portrait of a real person..."

Blood Boil by Tempest Brew

"...an argument in my mind..."

A Metaphorical Prison by Dan Mulhollen

"...return to the tatters we've ripped apart..."

DECEMBER 25th by Michael Price

"...Light-em-up Santas and look-alike trees, tinsel, wild parties..."

Self-awareness by Samantha Terrell

"...and just enough, to cause the questioning soul in us to stir..."

Caroline by Abigail George

"A trinity of sisters..."

Spiral by Allison Grayhurst

"...A cup of music and a true & lonely cry..."

Life Is -- Transition by Michael Lee Johnson

"Transition, is song, passages..."

Cleaning by Sunil Sharma

"...a purified sky cleaned by a divine hand..."

On a Rain Bleached Day by Sonnet Mondal

"...Am I the chosen performer today to perform the songs of loneliness..."

blue hearts on geese by Wanda Morrow Clevenger

"...for hour on day on week billowed the in-flight breakup..."

Inured by JD DeHart

"...the way words can split<br /> apart and shred..."

In the Beginning by Jocelyn Mosman

"...like ebony and ivory keys <br /> in a consecrated chapel..."

The Baron by Steve Hood

...red demon circles<br>with his three wings...

An Old Man's Final Wish by Terry Petersen

"...He celebrated the exquisite fit of her name to her personality..."

Keep Safe by Tempest Brew

"...hide me away in a shadow..."

Not Even Breadcrumbs by Ndaba Sibanda

And in what land was hardship better than what now transpires...?