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 64 of 141


Oops by Nolcha Fox

Nolcha Fox has written all her life, starting with poop and crayons on the walls.

The Mysteries Behind Its Ebbs and Flows by Ndaba Sibanda

"...we rejoice when it croons with us..."

Petal By Petal by John Tustin

"...Branch by branch, bark and roots..."

Hay Wire by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...how the sudden spark of your words could ignite..."

Continua by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Without a rap or reason allies jink to other journeys..."

Sifting Sand by S.A. Gerber

"...trying to conjure a lasting rainbow..."

To Some Purpose Fitted by Shelly J. Norris

"...Like a reporter in April mining the mind of a poet laureate..."

Updates by Rp Verlaine

"...In any obsession tortured doubt crawls past reason..."

Lying Close by Eric Robert Nolan

"...Her soft voice Is the cry of the single quail at dusk..."

The Shadow of Her Voice by Ramzi Albert Rihani

"...The morning casts a shadow familiar to the eyes..."

As the Script Unfolds by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...steady my heart and soul with present moment awareness..."

Pandora by Frederick Foote

"...You run with a bad crowd..."

Misfits Massacring Memorials by Ndaba Sibanda
the grace of the fall by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...Wrath and mead Hammocked back against the grain summer..."

Apocalypse Now by Frankie Laufer

"... In the mind a painting appears, dark, mysterious..."

Death Was Crawling by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...Its laughter was sharp and loud...."

Emperor Norton's Boozeland by William Taylor, Jr.

"...crazy and dying and grasping at the shiny bits...."

A Brand New Story! by Madhu Gangopadhyay

"...Devastatingly uprooted The trees of airy-fairy amour..."

Crushed Times! by Pranab Ghosh

"...We look ahead At the emptiness..."

Silverback by Julian O. Long

"...we'll cleverly hide away in swamps..."

Nine Black Butterflies on a Propane Tank by Jason Ryberg

"...after a brief morning thundershower..."

Chopstick Commandments by Changming Yuan

"...to use them in the wrong way..."

Escape by Bharti Bansal

"...Burning away everything that feels like a dream..."

idiom by Jack Henry

"...longing for the print edition of Los Angeles Times..."

Not Everyone Will Show the Same Signs by Ndaba Sibanda

"...The attendees were stunned..."

At a Café by S.F. Wright

S.F. Wright lives and teaches in New Jersey. His work has appeared in Hobart, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, and Elm Leaves Journal, among other places.

Bacchus by Wayne F. Burke

"...he jabbers at me in French..."

Acceptance Cries Out for More by Ann Christine Tabaka

"...pieces of a time once spent..."

Love Springs Unbidden by Sunil Sharma

"...strangely, sometimes -- it takes root in hard soil..."

Fasting by Tim Heerdink

"...free yourself of the inner prison box..."