Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 23, 2026

Poetry

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

4,212 articles — page 100 of 141


A Complex Creature by Frederick Foote

"...You are strange and familiar..."

Protect Me, God of the Woods by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...Give me peace to see the light..."

Casting Them Out by Brian Rihlmann

"...i never saw the revenge exacted on them..."

All Our Faults Are Fallen Leaves by Eric Robert Nolan

"...Take my hand, my friend, and smile..."

Hot by Wayne F. Burke

"...the blood red sun that scorched the pavement...

Shame on Them by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Where is the spirit of ubuntu, or humanity in Africa?.."

Sonnet 17, Quiet Time by Ken Allan Dronsfield

"...Trees blossom with colorful leaves of Fall..."

California Gold by Kevin Ridgeway

"...the girl begged me to save her from her thunder thigh lathered doom..."

Racism in School by Ahmad Al-Khatat

"...Racism is not an assignment to do...

Uprooted by Ann Christine Tabaka

"...Time is now the enemy, bulldozing hope into the ground...

Resisting Arrest by Alex Andy Phuong

Alex Andy Phuong graduated from California State University-Los Angeles with his Bachelor of Arts in English in 2015 and was an editor for Statement Magazine. He currently writes articles and film reviews online. His writing has appeared in The Bookends Review, Society of Classical Poets, and Wilderness House Literary Review #12/4.

Fragrant Face of Golden Rainbow by Hongri Yuan

"...Above the vault of heaven there are also a great many giant cities of joy..."

Stupid Fame by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...loss of things you used to have..."

did it leave a mark? by John Grochalski

"...like a clueless john wayne..."

Romantic agony by Mike Zone

"...never have I been so perplexed..."

I Did Not Expect You To Die After Jeopardy by Vicki Iorio

"...I was not prepared for you to go..."

Not Me by Tony Gloeggler

"...I would sit and try to write a poem nearly every day..."

Ruthless Ruin by Ndaba Sibanda

"...He was no panAfricanist. Not at all..."

Ike and Mike by Charlie Brice

"...She was two and a half inches taller than I..."

Betting Slips by Rp Verlaine

"...To you I'm a gamble/gambler who warms the dice..."

Boding by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Lies have no layers..."

Caballos en Möenchengladbach by Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo

"...these are concerns that you do not take to a desert island..."

Life in Exile by Wayne Russell

"...I harvest her memory every night in dreams..."

The Crab by John Dorroh

"I ate a crab today..."

Wings of Light by Hongri Yuan

"...The music of the giant is the honey of soul..."

White Flag by Alexis Rhone Fancher

"No one paints loneliness like he does..."

Pair by Frederick Foote

"...Worshiped & scorned..."

Turning the Gaze by Brian Rihlmann

"...our eyes saw clearly their chips and cracks..."

Those Must Fall by Ndaba Sibanda

"...These destructive pests have no shame..."

hens staring upward by Eric Robert Nolan

"...in the various safe and certain places free of sadness..."