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 65 of 141


grew a new heart by Linda M. Crate

"...i have shed my past like snakeskin..."

Affection for You by Guna Moran

"...Like a speaker it did not speak about the matter..."

New Season by Mike Zone

"...it blows away into the negation of wasteland blues..."

Time and the City by Fabrice Poussin

"...Descendent of Olympus on the peaks of Gotham..."

Waiting for the Star by Pranab Ghosh

"...Star-struck I watched In awe..."

A Perfect Personification of Life by Ndaba Sibanda

"...I've been taking this kind of trash for too long..."

The Privilege of Joy by John Maurer

"...The pyramids and the stones, they are both built of broken spines..."

Wolfman, Oh Wolfman by Charles Cicirella

"...Resisting change is futile as the sheep slaughter themselves..."

Shauna by John Tustin

"She says she wants to know me..."

Hues! by Sonali Chanda

"...Here life stops a while for me, just to see you, dear..."

Magic Show by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...That way she makes you fall in love..."

Nocturne by Sanjeev Sethi

"...If the search is only for fault lines..."

Cornucopia by S.A. Gerber

"...run dry of space and tolerance..."

What Worth by Shelly J. Norris

Shelly Norris ripened in the wild west on a farm in Wyoming. She hails from a long line of post- Civil War migrants, pioneers, scofflaws, and illegitimates; wherever there is a "bastard" break in the lineage, that?s her line of people.

The Bird on My Shoulder by Milton P. Ehrlich

"...never tired of making the most of each moment..."

Of Hidden and Hungry Hustles by Ndaba Sibanda

"...we're faced with the chief ironies of our businesses..."

How Dinosaurs Flew Away by Richard LeDue

"...I started reading about dinosaurs becoming birds..."

Remains by Shailja Sharma

"...The myth of love still lives..."

Bread and Butter Notes by Frankie Laufer

"...Every note a treasure, like clouds passing by..."

Nothing To Say by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...Replaced, altered, that is how I feel...."

Gegagious IV by John Grey

"...it's the time of the intergalactic nerd..."

Empty Is the New Black by William Taylor, Jr.

"...the latest thing we thought would save us..."

A Year on Hold (2020) by Rp Verlaine

"...Irony of closed bars and finding myself drinking far more..."

Aurora Borealis by Anabell Donovan

"...the shades of a waterfall's frozen ardor..."

Agony by Pranab Ghosh

"...The stars disappear and the Universe gets enveloped in darkness..."

For the Love of Verses and Vibes by Ndaba Sibanda

"...embark on my crazy chronicles..."

though I am a shadow by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...one day I will make a sword..."

The Pig Less Travelled by Jason Ryberg

"...you've come to a place seeking enlightenment, change or merely asylum..."

The Alpine by Julian O. Long

"...Friday nights with whole families dancing..."

Missing: for Qi Hong by Changming Yuan

"...a whole sky Of stars through the night..."