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 30 of 141


To Ella: What I Wish I Could Tell You by Terry Petersen

"...the past faded into the beauty of your presence..."

Returning London by Taylor Dibbert

So hard to say goodbye...

Morning Twilight Scientists Call Dawn by Mike Wilson

"...Today is the deadline..."

Sunset by Barbara Brooks

"...sitting on the sand listening to the waves ease onto the shore..."

Fury by Ferris E. Jones

"...The snared brings the wine..."

18 April, Don’t Be the Poor’s Peril by Ndaba Sibanda

"...How does one celebrate 44 years of lack of progress..."

Mourning by Christian Ward

"Rainclouds corset the sky..."

Set in Motion by Susan Shea

"...as though I know how to go forward..."

Called Out by Wayne F. Burke

"...having trouble catching his breath and climbing stairs..."

We relegated ourselves to death sentences in our mid to late twenties by Mike Zone

"...Gas-masked angels stop jeweled bananas ..."

The Struggle of the Patient by Afra Ahmad

"...Being patient cannot be likened to being grateful ..."

What Might Have Been by Paulette Calasibetta

"My daughter was abandoned at birth..."

In Praise of Prayer Outdoors by Richard D. Hartwell

"...to observe the inexhaustible power of creation..."

Bestiary by Salvatore Difalco

"...I know an arrow comes into it somewhere..."

On the State of World Affairs by Peycho Kanev

Peycho Kanev is the author of 12 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe.

ZiG, What You Won't RiG by Ndaba Sibanda

"You land on the backdrop of mad money laundering..."

The Bison of Santa Catalina Island by Barbara A. Meier

"...a fighter, haunting the Palazzo Vecchio..."

Intoxicated Abyss by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

"...as if the abyss was here only for me..."

Avocado Adirondack by Sterling Warner

"...faces of my youth flash by me..."

Early Appointment Please by Ian Mullins

"...for some, fighting to the bitter end comes with the heredity..."

The Rose by Grant Shimmin

"...all who took this path would too be helplessly entranced..."

Ice Flow by Marjorie Pezzoli

"...word by word bite my way back..."

In Memoriam 6 by Pranab Ghosh

"...No memories, scars left…"

Inside Your Window by Stephen Jarrell Williams

"...you wait for me to change..."

Beyond by Gopal Lahiri

"...nobody knows what will happen next..."

Bananas, Lemons, and Ice Cream by Peter A. Witt

"...perhaps it will come to me in a midnight dream..."

After Reading a Young Poet by Sanjeev Sethi

"...When I read you, I read myself..."

Relentless Love by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain

"...love every mother wishes for her offspring..."

Cheap Ways to Feel Young Again by Richard LeDue

"...death for me is a cartoon mouse hole in the wall..."

Where Have You Gone, Confucius? by John Tustin

"... Why were you born, my child?..."