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 white plastic safety helmet floats on the water; underneath it numerous goose barnacles are attached.
'After the miracle by Richard Meier' in black text on white with a small Friday Poem yellow blob over the end of the word 'miracle'.
Photo of Kim Moore with a purple track suit style top. She has red hair and she is leaning against a tree.
Tellisford Weir
Pen and ink slightly washed out picture of a man's face.
Whimsical illustration showing a hill with roads twisting between rocks and a castle atop.
photo of Sharon, she has dark hair and is smiling
A black background with a painting of a vertical hand. A small red snake is entwined in the fingers and the tail seems to be piercing the palm.
Heft
The last time, by Ann Gray
Photograph of a man walking by a white wall in Kabul, on the wall is an illustration of a man pushing a wheelbarrow with a large red heart shape in it
Black and white composite image of Zoë Brigley and Rhian Edwards.