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!

Stewart Sanderson standing in a field in front of the Cheviots. He is smiling.. well, why not? It looks like a great place.
'The Importance of Being Earnest by Jeanette Burton' in black text on white with a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand lower side.
Part of a painting of an Old Testament scene where white-bearded patriarch Methuselah has instructed Noah to open a prophetic scroll which foretells the flood sent by God. Circling ravens add to the sense of foreboding, while antediluvian revellers continue their dancing in the middle distance, oblivious of the devastation to come.
Black and white detail from a woodcut showing skeletons marching and clambering, some playing horns.
Black text on white reads ‘Buggy Baby by Rowan Bell’ with a Friday Poem yellow blob over the far right hand corner.
A poster-style graphic that shows four sheep heads each on a different coloured background. It's like Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings, but with sheep.
The Friday Poem 'Guitar' by Tess Jolly
Photobombing Dad’s moment
Images from the three pamphlet covers, mostly grayscale. Three are some photographed high rise buildings, a close up of a black leather jacket and a drawing of what looks like a figure in a maze
Down time by Chris Jones
The Friday Poem 'Book' by Meg Peacocke
Monochrome photograph showing the silhouette of a woman standing on a small rock in the sea.