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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Winter Wind by Lothur Kane Winston
Fire or Flames by Lydia Manx
Authors of the Millennium by Paul A. Toth
This Time of Year by Lothur Kane Winston
Eggnog Season by Cheryl Haimann

Tis the season.

Providence Watches O'er Even the Many-Legged by Alexandra Queen
Wassail by Lothur Kane Winston
Two Armadillos' Strife by Holly Jahangiri
Time by Lydia Manx
September by Jerry Seeger
Existing by Kaliuna
Change by Mark W. Swarthout
Loving Pets by Lydia Manx
Wild Dark Sky by Lydia Manx
Sheba by Holly Jahangiri
The Happy Knight by Ed Moyer
Two TomKat Poems by Cheryl Haimann
Oh, Tom -- With Greatest Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Sand Pilarski

Let's celebrate "Can't stand Tom Cruise Week" with a sonnet from a Piker Geeze! "How do I loathe thee ... ?"

On Listening To Glenn Gould Play Brahms by Cheryl Haimann
When I Grew Up by Lydia Manx
Long Road Trips by Lydia Manx

That pre-dawn moment, just before the journey begins.

DM by Cheryl Haimann

A poem inspired by David Lehman's poem "SF".

A Night Out of Sorts by Lydia Manx

A storm intrudes upon a night's sleep.

Memories Of My Father by Mark W. Swarthout

Some fathers lead by example — just not in the ways they expected.

A Father's Prayer by Ed Moyer

A father looks to the future.

Wars Memories by Kaliuna

Remembering what is left after the war is over. An entry from the Piker Press Poetry Open.

Mummy by Lydia Manx
Mummy by Lydia Manx

What secret is around the next corner?

The New Dawn by Lydia Manx

Dawn looks different to night creatures.

Heart Strong by Lydia Manx

Free verse