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 'Leonard Cohen's unknown teacher speaks from his strings' by Amlanjyoti Goswami
Lost at the Western General
Black text on white reads 'Domestic Economy Reader for Irish Schools by John Mee' with a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand side of the page.
montage of eight eco poetry book covers illustrated with a variety of trees leaves and one large crashing wave.
Two green arrows show road directions and the letters A34 are shown in yellow.
Black text on white reads "Four poems by Daniel Brown" with a yellow medium sized Friday Poem blob over the middle of the image.
Here is Bernie Saunders in Mittens
Black and white photograph of Katherine
Photograph of Helen Evans. She has short grey hair and is clasping her hands and leaning to her left.
Black text on white reads: 'Epitaphs by Stephen Payne' with half a big yellow Friday Poem blob rising like a sun from the bottom edge
A still from the 2D block game Minecraft. A small figure with a sword is running towards a large dragon ... One way or another it's going to be carnage.
Close up graphic of a green leaf. It is partially transparent on a white background, and the veins running through the leaf are clearly visible.