The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

The Friday Poem

Welcome to The Friday Poem Archive. During 2021 – 2024 we published original poems, reviews of poetry collections & pamphlets, and features about poetry, here on this site. There are more than 700 posts for you to browse – this page displays a random selection, refresh the page for more, or you can use the Search function or do an Archive search, both top right, if you know what you’re looking for. Now The Friday Poem posts on Substack – come and take a look. You can subscribe, also top right, or via our Substack – if you do, you’ll get a post in your inbox on most Friday mornings ready for you to enjoy with your mid-morning beverage. Keep on poeting, poets!

Tellisford Weir
Black text on white reads: ‘Big Barn Migration by D. W. Evans' with half a small yellow Friday Poem blob visible disappearing off the top edge.
Four people dressed in sparkly festival gear, one with a blue suit covered in white clouds.They are screaming with joy and waving neon coloured glow sticks. Party on!
Edwin Morgan in front of a large bookcase
Quellenstraße, 1100
Photobombing Dad’s moment
Black and white image showing mathematical drawings and equations.
Mirage
A photograph of someone diving into the sea. We can only see the legs.
Bad Betties written in black curly script on a white background there are some footprints and nude female silhouettes a candle and a broomstick.
Black text on white reads: 'Visiting David Hockney by Michael Di Placido' with a small Friday Poem yellow blob over the top half of the 'it' 'in ‘visiting.
black and white portrait of Jane, head tilted, blond hair, glasses with white and grey striped frames, and a smile