Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 23, 2026

Poetry

Poems published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

4,212 articles — page 41 of 141


My Shadow by Paramita Mukherjee Mullick

"...my shadow joined me in this glee..."

Ours Is an Unbreakable Love by Ndaba Sibanda

"...no soul or silver can take me out of you..."

Jock by Wayne F. Burke

"...Oh, I'd forgot-- because I do not care..."

Silent Conversations by Kavita Parwani Talib

"...why do I find it hard to converse with you?.."

Some Are Not Meant for This World by Nolo Segundo

"...a flower child who missed her time..."

Long Goodbye by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...autumn’s coffin brought a funeral feeling on its first day..."

Back to Bed and Nightmares I Control by Bradford Middleton

"...I prefer the kind of nightmare I can watch on a screen..."

Vanquishing the Inner Agony by Pramod Rastogi

"...Sunrays scan my mind in its pangs of woe..."

Another Name Covered in Moss by Richard LeDue

"It's easier to believe in god than to eat a healthy diet..."

Loneliness Gardens Loneliness by Kushal Poddar

"...instead, I served loneliness in bed..."

friday afternoon when i called out by Tohm Bakelas

"...like a chain gang breaking rocks..."

In the Name of Heaven by Julian O. Long

"...What are the dreams of music, where do they lead..."

The Evening TV News by Ndaba Sibanda

"...At worst it always ended in teary, brutal bitterness..."

Required Writing by Taylor Dibbert

"...His plan was to work on his poetry..."

Ideally by Ndaba Sibanda

"...An ideal proposition and a process to propose and present a voice..."

Fortitude by Michael H. Brownstein

"The last flower of the season..."

At least by Nolcha Fox

"...the clouds will bloat and cry..."

Rows by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...beg to hear her, or impress the point..."

Perpetual Superhighway by Andrea Damic

"...observing everything and hearing everything..."

Lighted Grief by Pranab Ghosh

"...In the core of the mind..."

<span class="text-italic">Click</span> desperation by George Gad Economou

"...soothe my aching soul and calm down my racing mind..."

Sweet 16 by Linda Imbler

"...would we finally begin to understand each other..."

Cyclicality by Sanjeev Sethi

"...scrubbing takes care of the sogginess..."

Bukowski's Last Poem by Rp Verlaine

"No thoughts of racetracks or booze on your deathbed..."

How hushed it is by Gopal Lahiri

"...I touch the darkness to feel the night..."

You Were There And Then You Weren’t There by Salvatore Difalco

"...don’t want you to know what I do after hours..."

Home by Robert Bires

Robert Bires writes in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has published most recently in <i>Sky Island Journal, The Centrifictionist, Third Wednesday</i>, and <i>JAKE.</i>

At Home With You by Thomas Elson

"...Whenever you hold a book, I will be there..."

Never Gained a Medal by Jonathan Butcher

Jonathan Butcher has had poetry appear in various publications, and is also the editor of the online poetry journal <i>Fixator Press. </i>

Then I Remembered by Peter Mladinic

"...I may have, I think so but maybe not..."