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 75 of 141


Wounds Will Be Left by Rp Verlaine

"...trying to remember her..."

the bing and the bong by Paul Tanner

"...mouth yapping and his finger wagging..."

Stuck in the Middle by Linnet Phoenix

"...What if we agree to only fall into us..."

where we stand, or where we kneel by John Sweet

"...do you really need reasons for your actions..."

Rise and Shine by Dan Holt

"...no time to waste on a dirty glass...

Fiction Girl by Michael Lee Johnson

"...Change is a choice where your energy flows..."

Law Is Supreme! by Pranab Ghosh

"...The easy way to get money...

The Spring Awakening by Paweł Markiewicz

"...Springtide be primeval home of Naiads!..."

Percipiency by Sanjeev Sethi

"...No-one knows the full story...."

Fiber Optics by Mike Zone

"...hedonism as enraged expression..."

Coffee by Wayne F. Burke

"met an old buddy on the street..."

Judas in Theory by John Patrick Robbins

"...I desire silence over false praise..."

The Clockwork of Our Souls by Dan Mulhollen

"...Imagination not restrained by our frontiers..."

That Letter to Earth from the Rotuscans by John Grey

"If we came away with any lasting image from your planet..."

Abundance by Paramita Mukherjee Mullick

"...wrap me up in love and joy abounds..."

Forgetting by Ethan Goffman

"...Remember that couple?.."

Breathe Close To Me by Nolo Segundo

Nolo Segundo is the pen name of a retired teacher, 74, who in 4 years has been published in 35 lit mags online/in print in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Romania, and India.

She Wore It by Ndaba Sibanda

"...She was always calm, careful and elegant..."

Fairy Floss by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

"...you begin to see the rollercoaster in everything..."

The Blue Moon by Aneek Chatterjee

"...A line escaped from my friend's poem..."

The Mind Wrestles by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...dark places where light is just a flicker of hope..."

Winter Sports and Mass Graves at Buchenwald by Richard LeDue

"...black and white photos of the dead..."

World's Worst Pool Player by Robert Paul Allen

"...Who else could completely miss the white cue ball with his stick..."

Do Our Tears Haunt You? by John Tustin

"...Trying to scribble over what cannot be unwritten..."

Nineteenth by Julian O. Long

Long has taught school at the University of North Texas, North Carolina State University, and Saint Louis University. He is now retired and lives with his wife, Kathleen Farrell, in Saint Louis, Missouri, writes a blog entitled "Out the Backroom Window," and plans to expand Backroom Window Press into a small press publishing venture.

Daily Grind by Gayle Jansen Beede

"...Already a hive, the mind's on overtime..."

Corona Duty by Pranab Ghosh

"...Man accuses man for The spread of the virus..."

Please Purify and Placate My Soul by Ndaba Sibanda

"...let me unlock your feats, your benefits..."

Long-Distance Calls by Gopal Lahiri

"...I hear people cry and hurt just like I do..."

Indigo by Scott Thomas Outlar

"...trying to meet each person wherever they are..."