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!

A fifties-style graphic showing the rocky surface of a planet with coloured moons and asteroids. The words 'Space Baby' are superimposed in white.
'Clothesline in Summer by Michael P Aleman' in black text on white with a tiny yellow Friday Poem quarter-blob like a shining sun in the top right hand corner.
A black background with a red brush stroke image that looks like a fox. The image is red and is surrounded by white text with the words THE RAKE in block capitals.
Graphic with a green background showing a repeating motif of drawn black and white bicycles. It would make excellent wallpaper for a keen cyclist.
Kind ofd abstract blocky design in blue and grey with a pause icon in a orange circle in the centre.
"How to Speak Crocodile by Christina Dunhill" in black text on white with a small yellow Friday Poem blob on the far right.
My Farm
Three large fishhooks dangling on what looks like hemp rope, a small green (jade?) fish swims between them.
‘Vlad Dracul Is Pissed Off That You People Killed His Wife by Matthew Bullen’ in black text on white with a yellow Friday Poem blob in the top left hand corner.
Photo of Zoë Walkington. She has long dark hair and is smiling. She is standing in a field with trees behind her.
Morphine Driver
A white plastic safety helmet floats on the water; underneath it numerous goose barnacles are attached.