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 34 of 141


Art Crimes by Julian O. Long

"...my crime against the inarticulate..."

King of Weird by James Croal Jackson

"... this is our first real conversation..."

Forever Gone by Ann Christine Tabaka

"...A revelation, wanting to be immortalized in words..."

Ants by Jim Bates

"...how they run with incredible intent..."

A Dose of Dostoyevsky by F.D. Jackson

F.D. Jackson lives in the southeastern U.S., along with her husband and sundry furry family members. She writes about loss/grief and the restorative and transformative power of nature and anything else that piques her interest.

Box Wine Love by George Gad Economou

"...you’d kiss my lips, sweep all worries away..."

Chocolate by David Crann

"Mine is a tragi-comic tale..."

Grain to Crust by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...farmer’s toil in soil, and miller’s grinding at the wheel..."

Stew by Sanjeev Sethi

"...I move on and on without motive..."

says <span class="text-italic">let me know how it feels</span> by John Sweet

"...what everything boils down to in the end..."

Donations to the Reservoir by Rp Verlaine

"...dishes in the sink without her lipstick..."

In Memoriam 1 by Pranab Ghosh

"...Someone close to him died..."

Charumbira, It’s a Nude and Notorious Genocide by Ndaba Sibanda

"...How is it not a genocide, Charumbira?..."

Valentine's Day - Never Letting Go by Judith Alexander Brice

"...we knew that we felt that love..."

Aluminum Birds by Mykyta Ryzhykh

"...even they come back..."

I am Disappointed, I Want to Leave by Hossein Hakim

"...love starting from emptiness remains in the dark shadow of emptiness..."

We Are the World by Kimutai Kemboi Allan

"...Pleasing an audience is a slippery sport..."

Winter Valentines by Petrouchka Alexieva

"...kiss after kiss..."

Straining by Susan Shea

"...please love your spaghetti..."

Her Hair Was As Black by John Tustin

"...Not contained by ribbons..."

Politics. Midnight. by DS Maolalaí

"...I'd long been insecure about how I’d come off..."

Mighty Falls Is The Ultimate Choice by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site..."

When I Die by Peter Kaczmarczyk

"When I die don’t you dare..."

Urban Legends by John Sara

"...love is an urban legend, passed through the generations, from one friend of a friend to another..."

The Good Old Days by Lynn White

"...when power meant steam and strawberries were seasonal..."

California Summer by Michael Lee Johnson

"...swim into eternal days like this..."

15 years later and you're still here by Christian Ward

"...my skeletons are tumbling ..."

Booze Is Her Bitch by Catherine Arra

"...Another loss handshakes the old losses..."

Drenched by Wayne F. Burke

"...I woke to the great city, cars people, buildings..."

Crash Landing Snowflakes by Richard LeDue

"...especially when it's minus fifteen..."