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 70 of 141


The Face of the Buddha by Nolo Segundo

"...Why such pain on such gentle people?..."

Why They Miss Auntie Sithe by Ndaba Sibanda

"...To them she was fun, friendly, and frank..."

just like your mother by Linda M. Crate

"...you were so good at believing your own lies..."

How She Feels by Isabel Galvan

"...reminiscing of bedside time with her in hospice..."

Hide and Seek with Death by Pranab Ghosh

"...We walk together in Complete oblivion...

Gerhard Richter Ohne Titel (9.8.98) by Aleathia Drehmer

"...We can count the missteps of time..."

Terry Provost by Charles Cicirella

"...the only Cleveland poet who gets what it means to be a word-man...."

A Quiet Diwali by Ketaki Datta

"...I want all of us to pray To keep everyone hale and hearty..."

A Landing and a Crescendoing Drone by Ndaba Sibanda

"...it hoped to cajole a companion and be cosy a bit..."

The Rain by Shailja Sharma

Dr. Shailja Sharma is a psychologist and a poet, practicing in Texas, USA. Apart from her scholarly publication, Dr. Sharma's poetry has been internationally published in peer-reviewed literary journals, literary magazines, and radio shows.

This Circus Act by Rp Verlaine

"...Just another thing to repair with whiskey..."

Union of Ideas by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Divinity willy-nilly has vested on them..."

The First Spin by Vandana Kumar

"...Today the world belongs to my son..."

Warmth by Gopal Lahiri

"...White clouds are forming and reforming above the river and the distant town..."

Artistic Aspirations by Richard LeDue

"Pogo the clown took to painting on death row..."

Insomnia by Abhishek Ghosh

"...my way of harboring you within my heart..."

cup of runneth over by Ursula McCabe

"...the elk rest with tucked legs beneath their deep chests..."

Bum Magnets by Hugh Blanton

"...They've won the war against the apparatus of assimilation..."

When Dread Deserted by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a sense of freedom danced..."

Alternative History by Ethan Goffman

"Everything could have been different..."

End of the World by Julian O. Long

"...What's wrong will never now be right..."

Deadlier Than Death by Pranab Ghosh

"...Rolling rivers disappear and Turn into infertile deserts..."

Like Alice by Lynn White

"...this rabbit hole world..."

Aloneness by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...I rid myself of the noise that clutters the brain..."

Badass by Catherine Arra

Catherine Arra is the author of "Deer Love," "Her Landscape, Poems Based on the Life of Mileva Maric Einstein," "(Women in Parentheses)," "Writing in the Ether," and three chapbooks. Arra is a native of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York, where she teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups.

Matchbox College, <i>Madison, Wisconsin, 1974</i> by Richard D. Houff

Richard D. Houff was the former editor of Heeltap Magazine and Pariah Press Books, from 1986 until 2010.

Headline: Washing Machine Eats Socks by Peter A. Witt

"...I know a pair of each was there when start was pressed..."

Bu Is a Psychologist and...Human by Ndaba Sibanda

"Bu helps chaps manage their chronic illnesses..."

Johannesburg by Ngwako C. Maifala

"...The so called city of gold..."

Purple by Isabel Galvan

"...It was once my favorite...."