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 76 of 141


The Ant Hills by Isioma Jemimah Okonicha

"...Knowing fully well that they are all they've got and so they stick together in unity...

tumbling by Joan McNerney

"...this crapshoot of life crushed my dreams..."

Empty Like the Rain by Ahmad Al-Khatat

"...my thoughts are turning into clouds...

4:36 am coffee pot by Giovanni Mangiante

Giovanni Mangiante is a poet from Lima, Peru. He has work published in Newington Blue Press, Rusty Truck, The Daily Drunk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Heroin Love Songs, Rat's Ass Review, Three Rooms Press, Fearsome Critters, and more. In writing, he found a way to cope with BPD.

Reading Keats as an Undergraduate by Angelo J. Letizia

"...Impatiently waiting for that Tuesday morning class to end..."

My Face by Charlie Brice

"...Could the world endure two of me?.."

When the Sky Turned Red by Ndaba Sibanda

"...Mount Nyiragongo... As if it had been waiting for darkness..."

For Sharon by Rp Verlaine

"She just is all that magnificent..."

Such a therapist by Tali Cohen Shabtai

"...The fairy tale that's posted in Friday's edition..."

some kind of murder by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...a gentle drum easing the years into my stomach..."

literary and covid safety by Paul Tanner

Tanner earns minimum wage and writes about it. Help. Help him, for ffs.

out of our minds and out of our league by John Sweet

"...keeps waking up in a strange room..."

Trip by Dan Holt

Dan Holt is blues singer/songwriter/recording artist, poet and fiction author from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He has produced 11 albums of original music along with various singles and eps.

Virus in the Air, Spasms in My Back by Michael Lee Johnson

"...People are dying around me, but I can't save them..."

Corona Delusion by Pranab Ghosh

"...The news that the TV channels generate Are of deaths and more deaths ..."

Novitiate by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Mentoring is akin to an invocation...."

The Jolly West by Mike Zone

"...the inner nature of being dirty..."

Radical Individualism by Charles Cicirella

"...the words haunt me..."

Visitor by Wayne F. Burke

"the echo of a shout in the bedroom..."

Sargasso Sea by Linnet Phoenix

Linnet Phoenix is a poet born in Scotland, raised in Sussex and currently resides in a village in North Somerset, UK. Her chapbook 'Rusty Stars' is published by Between Shadows Press. Her first full collection 'Urban Mustang' published by ImpSpired is coming soon.

Tattoo by John Patrick Robbins

"...Idols are for mantles and shrines..."

Bridge Across the Narrows by Robert Paul Allen

"...he braked to a stop on the new bridge..."

I Marvel at Better-than-movies Action-packed Moves by Ndaba Sibanda

"How do they do all this? Where are they from?.."

Dream by Pranab Ghosh

"My outcast dreams float in the air..."

Important Time by Aneek Chatterjee

"...Scribbled my opinion on a political debate..."

The Sunset by Tabish Nawaz

"...I whisper in your ear to see you blush like these evening clouds..."

Blinded by All by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...Poetry tries to take this curse..."

The Kind of Silence We Try Not To Think About by Richard LeDue

"...a corpse can't recite a poem..."

Paths by John Tustin

"...I fear what I will find..."

Eguswini Is Where He Is Restored by Ndaba Sibanda

"...a sanctuary of saneness and freshness..."