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 22 of 141


For the Spinal Cord of My Anatomy, I Pray You Grow by Yahuza Usman

"...My heart became a body of thoughts..."

Narcissus by James Croal Jackson

"... sexy and sensitive and everywhere..."

In Memoriam II: 9 by Pranab Ghosh

Memories in haiku

Eyes Wide Open by Donna Pucciani

"...found here in the wakening light..."

Tan-renga 3 by Christina Chin and Uchechukwu Onyedikam

Collaborative Tan-renga

Main Course by Jerome Berglund

"...Bruce Wayne’s still got all of the money..."

Computer Games by Joan McNerney

"...slogs and limps of this withered day..."

Methodized by Sanjeev Sethi

"...We hurt others with burns that bruised us..."

A Cute But Charred and Choked Kitchen by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a vivid picture in the mind of the reader..."

Portrait of Blue Bird Perched on Over-Turned Lawn Furniture by Jason Ryberg

"...like some kind of post-post-modern abstract sculpture..."

Unfurling the Palette of October by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...a verse that splatters with golden ochre..."

Brighton Beach Nights by Rp Verlaine

...our sanctuary with high school barely behind us...

Birdwatching by Jim Bates

"... trilling song of wonder filling the air..."

Methanol Fire by Sparsh Paul

"...the sound of water echoes..."

Sunday Morning by Susan Brumel

"...Just funny how you said it..."

As Smiles Give Way to Wrinkles by Richard LeDue

"If I'm sometimes insolent..."

You Make It Possible by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Solar energy is life..."

The dreameries with Egyptian cats by Paweł Markiewicz

"...the guardian of many blissful melancholies..."

Never a Birder Will I Be by Richard D. Hartwell

"...unlettered in those with feathers..."

Hollywood's Last Cowboy by Christopher Fried

Christopher Fried lives in Richmond, VA and works as an ocean shipping logistics analyst.

In Memoriam II: 8 by Pranab Ghosh

Memories in haiku

"I know I'll Never Find Another You(s)" by Lucius Falkland

"...The flirt without a boundary..."

Where You Put Your Junk by Kushal Poddar

"...From the cliff of dreams I leap this night..."

In My Grandmother's Day by Nolo Segundo

"...How quaint I thought..."

Bird Brains by Wayne F. Burke

"...To make and drink coffee? Sit in the sun?..."

To the Evening Breeze by Shamik Banerjee

"...He loves to ring the bright wind chimes..."

Beauty of Imperfection by Paramita Mukherjee Mullick
Experience by Terry Petersen

"It can’t fit in a single skull..."

The Fix by James Penha

Expat New Yorker James Penha (he/him) has lived for the past three decades in Indonesia.

Autumn Leaf by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

"...Seasons and time come and go..."