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 120 of 141


Comma Thoughts by Alyssa Trivett

"...beatboxes to the hissing exhast pipe organ..."

Odd Shaded Sky by Ken Allan Dronsfield

"...like snare drums in the open sky..."

Bank by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...Money is spent hieroglyphs to the child mind..."

Pilgrimage by Tony Gloeggler

"...learning how deep a night could grow without New York City lights..."

Everything's Dead by Charles Cicirella

"...someday I'll put away childish things and accept the death sentence of being a grown up..."

The Last Card Game by Fabrice Poussin

"...A shell remains on this assembly line, where disintegration is the prime purpose..."

Teddy Bear by Carrie A. Golden

"...under the folds of the quilted cover..."

With love, a father and mother's advice by Abigail George

"...We seemed to be ghosts tied to each other. From ankle to ankle..."

Crow Calls by Frederick Foote

"...One note black crow..."

A Sonnet to the Sculler by Ken Allan Dronsfield

"...while seeking all alive on Halloween..."

The Mind Swirls by Adam Levon Brown

"...in the prison of servitude..."

Cut to Size by Ndaba Sibanda

"...transformed their blindness into alertness..."

Fear by Joan McNerney

"...snapping apart careening us against the long cold night..."

Scorched Halo by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...I couldn't stand the heat of heaven..."

Fourteenth Poem (Shovel) by Charles Cicirella

"...show those good for nothings just what a real bottom feeder looks and smells like..."

They Want Us to Obey by Rajnish Mishra

"...show me the glowing fire from dying embers..."

Sunday Mornings, Now, Without You by Alyssa Trivett

Alyssa Trivett is a wandering soul from the U.S. When not working two jobs, she listens to music and scrawls lines on the back of gas station receipts.

Apple Cider by Lydia Manx

A poem for Autumn...

This reunion of the 'bruising flame' and 'threadbare hem' by Abigail George

"...autumn's splendor, you winder guest..."

Missing on a Weekend by Deeya Bhattacharya

"...They stoop and rise to the rhythm of life..."

To Believe or Not Believe by Tony Gloeggler

Is an act of faith a choice?

One half a Mil by Fabrice Poussin

"...I had it all, I wanted more..."

Alternate Charges by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...the glow retreats, done is the day of toil..."

Simplification of Threads by Adam Levon Brown

"...Stuck in the frenzy with bare-anger clotheslines..."

Raven's Flavor by Ken Allan Dronsfield

"...a last tomato ripens in a sunlit window..."

There Is No Light by James Nichols

"...It's just lunchtime but way past dark..."

What It Is by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Let's call this what it is..."

Long Haul Driver by Joan McNerney

"...an adventure to roam through states and cities..."

When I try to write from memory this is what I come up with by Abigail George

"...like life, a dream or a flashback..."

Cool Jimmy by Jimmy Pappas

"...he hears someone turn on a car alarm system..."