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 62 of 141


They Are Not Alone by Ndaba Sibanda

"...in a freeing, frank and fearless fashion..."

Vampire by Frederick Foote

"...hiding in your shadow sipping your vintage..."

marker by Jack Henry

"...no longer see past shadows that linger across treetops..."

Neon Sign by George Gad Economou

"...no better place to have a drink..."

Charles Bukowski's Ghost Will Never Haunt Me by Richard LeDue

"We have the kinship of famous and ordinary..."

Nightly Sounds by Sunil Sharma

"...drunks swaggering home..."

Railroad Earth by Mike Zone

"...the fallen valley of what you never knew you couldn't have..."

Lest We Forget by Lynn White

"...the ones behind the masks..."

I Would Rather by Nolcha Fox

"...smell the twilight, laugh at darkness,..."

Our Fiercest Foes on the Planet by Ndaba Sibanda

"...even scarier and riskier to humans..."

Continuous Loop (Uncut) by Mark Parsons

Mark Parsons' poems have been recently published or are forthcoming in Ex Pat Press, Dreich, Cape Rock, and I-70 Review. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Move In Day by Fabrice Poussin

"...existences will be defined by those incredible hours..."

Roses by Anabell Donovan

"...Celtic sanctuary on the mountain summit..."

After I Died by Milton P. Ehrlich

"...Gravity doesn't exist, people float around..."

Letters Remembered by Pranab Ghosh

"...A wave comes and Washes away your Memories..."

Cruel Accidents by John Maurer

"...Assume not that my name is yours to speak..."

A Woman of Substance by Kathy Sherban

"...Braving each storm..."

It Counts for Everything by Charles Cicirella

"...Your loving words count for everything..."

Numa by Mihaela Melnic

Mihaela Melnic lives and writes in Rome, Italy where her prose and poetry evolve and take different shapes with every new life experience

A Thirsty Throat by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a poor, petrifying, parched plainness..."

He took by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...big as the buildings all around him..."

Ballot by Sanjeev Sethi

"...The familiarity of promise is like an earworm..."

Lavender Limbs by Shelly J. Norris

"...I prefer to parse the fictions of homesick revelers returning from holidays..."

Pain Reduction by Rp Verlaine

"...It's a day already half over with..."

school shooter by Eric Robert Nolan

"...Remember when we first saw her..."

Glitter, High Class, and a Mission by Terry Petersen

"...Ten pounds of peace, a dozen poems, and a hundred dreams..."

Broken Chains by Ann Christine Tabaka

"...I cannot dispatch you to a fettered future..."

Poets Die by Michael Lee Johnson

"...their spines the centerpiece on crosses on scarecrows..."

41-Hoot Salute by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...that mindfulness will carry you halfway toward any goal..."

A Rootless Tree Needs To Be Upheld by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Naming is as psychological as it is spiritual..."