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 61 of 141


It's Too Late by Tlalane Manciya

"...I watched you, running after those who didn't even know you exist..."

Hermetic by Shelly J. Norris

"...cryptic and clouded, reveal just enough detail to cause trouble..."

Shell by Anabell Donovan

"...a treasure overflows with pearls..."

I Give Up Wanting by Milton P. Ehrlich

"...I accept what is..."

Awaiting the Revolution by Pranab Ghosh

"... a Sigh that escaped Your soul..."

Cave by Catherine Zickgraf

"...The dead tide settles inside my room..."

Awakening by Mihaela Melnic
Is There Something <i>Un-African</i> by Ndaba Sibanda

"...does their brotherhood diminish by virtue of borders..."

There Is a Supplication Point Between Child-Hens and Children by Ridwanullah Solahudeen

Ambivert. One of the ten percent world southpaws. Writing evolves from thought, and so, Ridwanullah is a thinker. He is a virtuous indigene of Osun state, Nigeria.

Silk, fluttering to earth, moonlit by Ian C. Smith

"...when he told me of his wartime incident I buttoned up insolence, all ears..."

Aphasia Remembered by Julian O. Long

"...panic as though the world has just ended..."

He says by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...I ask him about the last time he's been anywhere..."

M&eacute;tier by Sanjeev Sethi

"...why do we thrive in thought?"

Footprints by Rp Verlaine

"...while men whistle their sad desperation in wounded catcalls..."

When I Meet the Devil by Eric Robert Nolan

"...Not for the false compliments that slide off his baroque tongue..."

Night Life Jungle Beat, Bar Next Door by Michael Lee Johnson

"...The singers of songs love bars..."

Happy Little Tricks by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...we sold this whole world out to blue light specials..."

Thank by Ann Privateer

"...A rope, a dragon..."

Air by Michael H. Brownstein

"...we are on lockdown to fight the storm that has come..."

Don't Race by Ndaba Sibanda

"my poem is an opposite, reverse, backward one..."

The Crush by Jay Passer

Jay Passer's poetry and prose has appeared in print and online magazines, periodicals and anthologies since 1988. He is the author of 12 collections, most recently "The Cineaste," from Alien Buddha Press, 2021.

Confession by Alex Z. Salinas

"...Why spoil the surprise For youth in their prime?..."

Shadows by Frankie Laufer

"...It often appears under a passing cloud or nestled beside me in the warmth of my shadow...."

Goodbyes by Bharti Bansal

"...never lived to see what a beauty this life could have been..."

Failed Revolution by Pranab Ghosh

"...activists Get branded as anarchists..."

All-Star by Wayne F. Burke

"...cut, he quit cold turkey..."

The Edge of Deliverance by Ramzi Albert Rihani

"...They look at each other again and again..."

The Definition of Liar's Poker by John Patrick Robbins

"...in truth you're lucky to be holding a seven..."

Senryu by Gopal Lahiri

"...dense forest, now a clean-shaven look, bullish real estate..."

The Boxwood tree and the graveyard man by David L. Painter

"...fake tears are now dried in the evening sun..."