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 42 of 141


Dry Cloudburst by Jeff Burt

eff Burt lives in Santa Cruz County, California.

The Duo's Different Destination by Ndaba Sibanda

"...feeling fooled by a diet of stinks..."

Autumn Girl by Eric Robert Nolan

"...all of every autumn gathers up in you..."

Sandy by Sterling Warner

"...confident, alert, intelligent, captivating..."

Joyce's Garden by Peter A. Witt

"I watch her clearing wilted flowers from her garden..."

After the Sermon by John P. Drudge

"...Something sparkling in the fleeting night..."

Artificial Limb by Jim Bates

"...After all these years he still remembers her..."

I Know How To Spell 'HUNGER!' by Pranab Ghosh

"...I have learnt by heart its spelling..."

Verdure by Prithvijeet Sinha

"...Fill up the earthen bowls with water for birds..."

Whitewashing History Against a Blackening Afternoon Sky by Keith Hoerner

"...Quaint, now, isn’t it?..."

On Ignorant Design by Charlie Brice

"...Thanatos has already spread his black wings..."

If They Are Not Ripe, Then They Are Revolting by Ndaba Sibanda

"...In tears and want, you start counting the years..."

College! by Wayne F. Burke

"...searching for Truth, gathered in forums..."

My Trail Came to a Sudden Dead End by H.L. Dowless

"...And I intend to live that way Until my day is done..."

3 AM Tryst by Kavita Parwani Talib

"...Foolish stories of impossible love..."

On the Way to the Ballet by Nolo Segundo

"...a shrunken frailty wrapping an unending soul..."

Like No One Else by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...His words were like magic and beauty..."

Looking Up to Sarah by Robert Paul Allen

"...In college she found a taller world..."

A True Walk by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain

"...powerful currents that propel you forward, do not belong to anyone..."

I Must Be Getting Old (Spent at Home Instead of Roaming the Wild Streets) by Bradford Middleton

"...playing some shacking tunes for tonight..."

Life is a Commitment for the Long Haul by Pramod Rastogi

Pramod Rastogi is an Emeritus Professor at EPFL, Switzerland. He is a Poet, academician, researcher, author of nine scientific books, and a former Editor-in-chief (1999-2019) of the international scientific journal “Optics and Lasers in Engineering.”

Another Poem About Writer's Block by Richard LeDue

"...a blank page dirty with eraser marks and tiny shavings of rubber..."

This clock by Nolcha Fox

"...to be on time, to be off to somewhere..."

Gasp by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...searching both for inner and for outer ways..."

Her Crooked Mouth by John Tustin

"...too malevolent to be caught..."

Mr Taylor by Lynn White

"...even so, they were better than nothing..."

The Godot Equations by Basab Mondal

"...love stories sprout from the inscriptions on tree trunks..."

The Third Gender by Pranab Ghosh

"...I will reach my destination ..."

Another Night Out by George Gad Economou

"...they crave what I discovered long ago, then threw it away..."

Microaggressions by Julian O. Long

"...you smile again at your Texan image of old fartdom..."