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 44 of 141


The Melody of a Waterfall by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain

"...when nature sings uninterrupted..."

Moments by Pranab Ghosh

"...They all had been there, close by..."

Silk Pajamas Once Upon a Time by Linda Imbler

"...the untarnished porthole through which she sees her ocean’s past..."

Empiricalness by Sanjeev Sethi

"...does the universe allot us karmic cookies?.."

Whispers of Midnight's Muse by Yasmin Hemmat

"...a realm where fear forever teems..."

When It Happened I Went Wild by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Forests were protected and expanded to allow for biota to create..."

Drinking to Li Po by Rp Verlaine

"...He wrote of jeweled staircases, flowers radiant in water..."

Hoodwink by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...we know this suspect from the news..."

Haibun by Gopal Lahiri
The Birdman of the Red-Light District by Brenton Booth

"...we had a secret no one but us could ever understand..."

Mellow Yellow by Lynn White

"...the colour yellow doesn’t suit me..."

Modern Olympian Ode #38 (1912) The Last of his Kind by Michael Ceraolo

"Just competing in the Olympics was a distinction..."

Almost Ghazal for Them Cowbirds by Julian O. Long

"I’ve watched wild birds more times than I can count..."

The Hard Way by Taylor Dibbert

Taylor Dibbert is author of the Peace Corps memoir “Fiesta of Sunset,” and the forthcoming poetry collection “Home Again.”

Ablution by Richard D. Hartwell

"...earth spins and the eastern horizon dives under the rising sun..."

There Must Be a Turnaround by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a forest not far from folks howled and flinched in fear..."

Poetry is my wife by Peter A. Witt

"...the sudden desire to be alone for seemingly endless hours..."

Storm Shelter by John P. Drudge

"Caring deeply for imagination and the world..."

Burnt Sienna by Jim Bates

"Fall was her favorite season..."

Gut Microbe Sensory Art by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...to enjoy once the writing is complete..."

Parked Hound by Sterling Warner

An award-winning author, poet, and Evergreen Valley College English Professor, Sterling Warner’s works have appeared many literary magazines, journals, and anthologies.

Resting by Giovanni Mangiante

"...Peruvian summer breeze sways the curtains of my room..."

Blue-Sky Thinking by Salvatore Difalco

"...The face in the cloud, darker now, chides me for forgetting my umbrella..."

Hope 2023! by Pranab Ghosh

"...The ‘tulsi’ plant… Once alive..."

On an Earth Day Like Today by Ndaba Sibanda

Sibanda is a Zimbabwean-born poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer who has a passion for themes and topics around conservation, nature, development and justice. He believes that he is a poet in prose, and hence he has never looked back since building and marching into the very first poetry pharmacy in the world, where poetry … and poetry and poetics are the most tonic threesome prescriptions!

I Need To Learn Who Is in Charge of My Life by Michael H. Brownstein

"...yet the rain falls in wind and shadow..."

A Day in the Hay Fields by H.L. Dowless

The author is a thirty-five-year veteran writer. He enjoys traveling and living life on the edge.

Where the Fallen Leaves Land by George Gad Economou

"...a lone sparrow cries on a windowsill..."

Life Rain by Vern Fein

"...turn it over so you can look at all sides..."

Backing Up by Robert Paul Allen

"...He watched a U-tube video which instructed him..."