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!

The Friday Poem 'The Baby in the Wardrobe' by Kathy Pimlott
A white butterfly caught in a spiders web, the image is monochrome
"Party" as Both Verb and Moral Imperative by Katherine Meehan" in black text on white with a large yellow Friday Poem blob over the top right quarter
The background is waves of pink and light blue. On top is a line drawing showing hands holding a heart shape with the word 'cursed' on it.
A pastel hued watercolour of two older people in a squashy bed/ A woman on the left and a man on the right. They are wearing pyjamas and appear to be sleeping in a loose embrace
A young man with a small beard is reading poetry into a microphone, reading from a mobile phone and waving a clenched fist.
Black text on white reads ‘Fox by Rachel Spence’ with half a yellow Friday Poem blob visible over the top right hand side.
An old map of Limehouse in London, the colour is predominantly blue
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
Photo of Samuel Tongue. He is wearing a blue shirt and has short brown hair. He is smiling and standing in front of a green hedge.
Photo of Jill Abram. She has long curly hair and is standing in front of trees.