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 126 of 141


Return to Niagara by Dan Mulhollen

"Forty-nine years ago I visited the Falls...

The Crow on the Electric Wire by Amanita Sen

"...Timekeeper to the people..."

Karma by Sheikha A.

"...but what's buried grows..."

Last Visit to the House I Called Home by Terry Petersen

"...a color beyond reach..."

Cultural Exchange by John Grey

"We tried to introduce Shakespeare..."

Westland Row by Helmi Ben Meriem

"...those lost ships they call men astray..."

Solutions Not Suicide by Mikel K

"Don't call the feds..."

If I Had a Way... by Ndaba Sibanda

Who in our world indeed would not prefer honesty over lies, and justice over tyranny...?

The Sense of Noise by Sudeep Adhikari

"...an avant-garde carnival of dissonance..."

Street Magic by JD DeHart

"...a flip or flick of the wrist..."

Miss Pass by Lynn White

"...And all because of Miss Pass..."

For the Innocent and Obese by Mark Antony Rossi

"...I made the sign of the cross twelve times..."

The Pawn by Terry Petersen

"...Because you are learning I will let you try that move again..."

Fool's Gold by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...falling heavy in smelted waves..."

In the End by Lynn White

"...flakes of skin and bone wrapped in long hair..."

One of Those Women by Dan Mulhollen

"...something you want to make real..."

Physics by Tony Gloeggler

"...there's no such thing as the past... each moment exists forever..."

Screaming with the Tide by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...catching the high tide of revelation..."

A Rose for Gaza by Lynn White

"...No garden of Eden here. No gateway to paradise..."

No One Cares by Michael Lee Johnson

"...my life insurance policy is a carburetor full of fumes, worn out filters, filled casket..."

Agony by Sunil Sharma

"...the scarlet-brown scars showing for miles, each scar deeper than the previous..."

Dime Store Rube by Mark Antony Rossi

"...Poorly practicing compassion..."

Debt by Patrick Devine

A lover's song...

I Will Sleep Now by Ananya Chatterjee

"...Take my womanhood Off this flesh ..."

Faith by Tony Gloeggler

"...Yet, every morning You reach across the mattress..."

Sweet Explosion by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...keeping calcification at bay while smooth ships sail nearer to shore..."

Run-of-the-Mill Jimmy by Jimmy Pappas

"Poet Jimmy becomes... Run-of-the-Mill Jimmy..."

David Bowie Rain Ghosts by Charles Cicirella

Will there ever be anyone remotely like him? No imitations, please...

Art Candles by Lillian Queen

"...ideas pouring out like an ocean..."

Poet Jimmy by Jimmy Pappas

"Poet Jimmy promises..."