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 71 of 141


Zombies by Fabrice Poussin

"...voracious in their appetite for sameness..."

A Morning's Walk by Nolo Segundo

"...My wife stopped me -- listen she said..."

Knuckle Work by Charlie Robert

"...There are scorpions between the sheets..."

The Portal in the Woods by Strider Marcus Jones

"...Reconnecting rhythms In living and dead..."

Back at Camp by Wayne F. Burke

"we cosmonauts are on sacred ground..."

I Am a Dalit Girl by Ketaki Datta

"...beaten once, For getting my family Two buckets of water...

Ugly Women by Connie Woodring

"...It isn't as if they weren't warned..."

The Grain Song by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Words can reach a fever pitch in a brain!..."

through the eyes of a young suicidal man by Giovanni Mangiante

"...an army outside your windows..."

Satiated Souls by Pranab Ghosh

"...Proving the weathermen wrong..."

Witch's Teeth by Aleathia Drehmer

"...it's sadness alive in the lack of footprints..."

Unruly Page Turner by Charles Cicirella

"...Don't worry how this turns out..."

Letter to Brenda Before Nightfall by Daniel J. Flore III

Daniel J. Flore III's writings have appeared in many publications. He is the author of 4 books of poetry, all available on Amazon from GenZ Publishing.

Threshing and Shelling by Ndaba Sibanda

"...They grow, grind and winnow crops..."

Leaves in December by Michael Lee Johnson

"...left to struggle with the bitterness..."

All the World & Cassie by Rp Verlaine

"...all I took for granted and lost without honor..."

2021 by Sanjeev Sethi

"...We have altered vocabulary beyond repair..."

The Image That I Am by Gopal Lahiri

"...I see moments that seem motionless..."

An Unwanted Sequel by Richard LeDue

"...naked branches remind me of tentacles...

Perfume by Abhishek Ghosh

"...Blind and deaf to the myth called age..."

The Volume of a River by Ursula McCabe

"...this mother of all mothers -- the Columbia..."

Reassurances of Validity by Hugh Blanton

Hugh Blanton combs poems out of his hair during those moments he can steal away from his employer's loading dock. He has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, The Rye Whiskey Review, and other places. He lives in San Diego, California.

A Woman at Work by Ndaba Sibanda

"...She knows the importance of food production..."

After He Lost His Soul 2.0 by Pranab Ghosh

"...What did you protect me from and had you been so kind why did you have to leave?"

4 male adults by Paul Tanner

"...they're not wearing straight jackets or foaming at the mouth..."

together we are by John Sweet

"...and no one here in love..."

After implosion by Julian O. Long

"...Fifty years is a building's life, said the college pres..."

To My Soul Mate by Pranab Ghosh

"Not so known a voice Comes closer to you..."

Supernormal Stimulus by Todd Sullivan

"...No longer able to choose sides..."

Caterpillar by Lynn White

"...I stepped on a caterpillar accidentally..."