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 106 of 141


Ribbon-cutting Drama Kings and Queens by Ndaba Sibanda

"...their goal was to get stinking rich..."

Mush by Wayne F. Burke

"...the road a sheet of ice..."

Eleven Questions Honoring the Fortieth Anniversary of the New York Times Science Page by Charlie Brice

"...What equation would we use?..."

Artisan by Sand Pilarski

Not only is it April Fools' Day, April is also Poetry Month.

Backtrack by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...everything you're willing to ignore..."

The City of Angel's Smile by Hongri Yuan

"...I will build a garden in the desert..."

Would We Still Fall In Love In Heaven? by Daniel Ajayi

"...I sojourn to Sahara where it dried my heart out..."

The Purple Boat by Lynn White

"...Our father made us three, blue, green and purple..."

The Winner Is by Frederick Foote

"...On the battlefield they jousted..."

A Seasonal Sonnet by Dan Mulhollen

"...For what strange season's mystery is this?..."

At One Point It Comes Out by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a hurting truth is slanted toward obduracy..."

Golden Oldies (Still Shimmer and Shine) by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...and three open eyes can always see straight through such deception..."

Ransomed Dream by Ann Christine Tabaka

"...within echoes of a life I do not recall..."

Today Is a New Day by Daniel Naman

"...This is not Yesterday..."

Save My Soul: An Existential Crisis by Pranab Ghosh

"...waves breaking on the shores, where time stood still..."

Falling by Ted Jonathan

Ted Jonathan is a poet and short story writer. Raised in the Bronx, he now lives in New Jersey.

Rock N Roll by Tony Gloeggler

"...out of breath and laughing like a girl..."

In Search Of The Fundamentals by Ndaba Sibanda

"Straight she marched into their headquarters..."

Smoke by Ahmad Al-Khatat

"...with worries, that I will miss her one day..."

Radio, Trains, and Bourbon by John Dorroh

"...to bars where locals didn't look up when he came in..."

Immaculacy by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Shanty towns require no concert pitch..."

Reinventing Original Sin by Gary Glauber

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

A Christmas Miracle by Shubhanshu Shrivastava

"A platoon of soldiers on the Christmas eve..."

Oppression by Pat Ashinze

Pat Ashinze is an hybrid of two major Nigerian tribes: Igbo and Yoruba. Writing, to him is the only way he can talk without being interrupted.

Free by Fabrice Poussin

"...Taking another aimless step the ground fails me as always..."

Of Expired Prescriptions by Ndaba Sibanda

"...as bigotry is foisted upon them like expired sedatives..."

I Like the Groaners by Charles Cicirella

"...something more substantial than crow and light beer..."

gabriel st. by John Sweet

"...always just enough in the bag to get you through the week..."

Career Change by John Patrick Robbins

"...Never claim to be crazy around a artist..."

An Alien Explores the Ocean by John Grey

"...the ocean floor is one great sideways creep..."