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 96 of 141


The Golden Goblet by Tammy M. Darby

"...Accompany me into the world of melancholy..."

January by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"...In January I could start off fresh..."

Looking Up by Ndaba Sibanda

"As the drunk teacher was saying..."

dumb luck and pain by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...burn the barrier, ignite the day..."

The art of starting again by Abigail George

"...The democracy of smoke, holy, innocent and pure...."

Now and Then by Lynn White

"...everyone is facing both ways..."

Mlungisi's Whereabouts by Ndaba Sibanda

"...He propounded a bold trajectory, a climate revolution..."

Get up to sit-up by Wayne F. Burke

"6:08 AM bird peeps from meadows of fire..."

Lilac, Wine, Pomegranate, Black by Eric Robert Nolan

"This new mountain night..."

Wingless Dreams by Gopal Lahiri

"...Exposing the fault lines, And the conversation with it,..."

I Spent by Ahmad Al-Khatat

"...watching my friends funerals everyday..."

Deli Diesel & Beer by John Dorroh

"...the day-old doughnuts with greasy chocolate and coagulated pink sprinkles don't call my name..."

Second Amendment Heroes by Frederick Foote

"Twenty-six-year-old female police officer slain by a rifle welding suspect..."

the uncertain assassin by John Sweet

"...heavy water of failure, one grey drop at a time..."

Cinema by Linda Imbler

"...the entire scenario of their relationship playing out..."

My Turn by Gary Glauber

Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations.

Tublular by Rp Verlaine

"...I can't leave you or stay here..."

Thin-Skinned by Alexis Rhone Fancher

"...that February into March when our love was new..."

Making Headway by Cord Moreski

"...I've got to keep moving forward..."

Young Couple -- @ Heart Attack Greasy Grill by Michael Lee Johnson

"...Just a teen aged nighttime boy..."

Down With Dualistic Errant Establishments by Ndaba Sibanda

"...the poor and powerless say what is getting worse is poverty..."

Room Temperature by Ivan Jenson

"...all you do, like your footsteps in the snow..."

In the Margins by Brian Rihlmann

"...and one after another they flicker and fizzle..."

Sonnet IV by Bernie Pilarski

"...all shuttered and now covered in moss..."

Monarch by Charles Cicirella

"...Unfiltered, undisguised..."

Your name upon the air by Fabrice Poussin

"...I will carve your name where it only belongs..."

Capturing Color by Samantha Swain

Samantha Swain is a young writer living in the Sacramento area with her family and significant other. She received a graduate degree in Immunology but has since decided to leave science behind in the pursuit of creative writing and studio art.

Christmas Spirit by Judith Alexander Brice

Judith Alexander Brice is a retired Pittsburgh psychiatrist whose love of nature and acquaintance with illness inform much of her work.She has had over 50 poems published in journals and anthologies, including "The Golden Streetcar," "Voxpopulisphere.com," "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette," "The Magnolia Review.com," and "Annals of Internal Medicine."

I Want To Be in a Comic Book by JD DeHart

"...I designed my suit, considered my powers..."

What kind of reckoning is it by Robin Wyatt Dunn

"...what is the moral accounting system..."