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 31 of 141


I got a rejection letter by DS Maolalaí

"...stock letter nonsense with the name penciled in..."

She Dies by Amrita Valan

"... So fold up Aladdin’s carpet..."

Starman by John Grey

"...smothered his fire, turned his lights gray..."

Jasmine by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...How dare these petals risk the sharps..."

A Lesser Gem Life by F.D. Jackson

"...scent of radiant sunlight warming black-eyed susans..."

Botanizing by Jim Bates

"...United in their love of the natural world..."

God bless America – the rotted dream by David Crann

"...Abroad, afar, a distant drum cajoles with dead hypnotic dirge..."

On Loan by Susan Shea

"...the man who brought the baby moose into his house..."

The Hike by Jeffrey Zable

"...I stepped on an underground hornet’s nest..."

dreamt i was the prophet of this new dark age; dreamt i was awake by John Sweet

"...and always the sound of trains in the distance..."

Otherwise Engaged by Rp Verlaine

"...we were in love, I thought or I presumed..."

In Memoriam 5 by Pranab Ghosh
Wounds Wide Open by Taylor Dibbert

"...So much pain..."

Boyfriend Haiku by Laura Stamps

"...Me and Hazel. In the park..."

Two Evils, Two Related Terms on the Information Highway by Ndaba Sibanda

"...One is unintended, the other is purposed..."

Four Leaf Clover by Michael Lee Johnson

"...I hear your voice, fragmented words in thunder..."

Drunken Mist by George Gad Economou

"...I see faces I haven’t seen in a long time..."

After the Funeral by Christian Ward

"...like a final embrace..."

Blue by Eric Robert Nolan

"...the backyard of my boyhood home..."

Education by Ranjana Jaiswal

"...Hopes were adorned with the first ray of dawn..."

First Sphere of Heaven by Fhen M.

Fhen M. is a poet. He was a writing fellow in a creative writing workshop. His poems were published in many poetry anthologies.

I Picked Flowers Today by Paulette Calasibetta

Paulette Calasibetta , a retired interior designer has been writing poetry for seven years. Living in a pastoral village in New Jersey, inspired by the landscape, reflecting on extraordinary places and extraordinary people that shape ordinary life.

Asymmetry by Richard D. Hartwell

"Awakening to the call and response of geese..."

The Slow Wheel of Yesteryears by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Critics say things are rushed in this frantic, fast-paced craze..."

The Black House by Kimutai Kemboi Allan

"...It has windows cracked and dirty, a vision obscured..."

An Acrid Smell by Wayne F. Burke

"...the river glimpsed through roadside trees, the Androscoggin..."

Bad Instinct by Richard LeDue

"Fruit flies atop of beer..."

A Gravitational Singularity by Barbara A. Meier

"...a veil without form, a cosmic void..."

Dew Drop Reflections by Sterling Warner

"...observe nature’s fragile menagerie..."

(Thought It Might) Give You A Thrill by Ian Mullins

"They didn’t hire her for her acting..."