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!

Black and white image showing agricultural machinery on a large field with a dark brooding sky, the image has been rotated 90 degrees.
Kind ofd abstract blocky design in blue and grey with a pause icon in a orange circle in the centre.
Martin and Helen standing in front of a wall, he is wearing a blue suit with red trainers, she is wearing a slightly retro frock in black with a white lace collar, she has fifty style glasses and a grey cardigan.
'Lights Out by Christian Wethered' in black text on white with a quarter of a tiny Friday Poem yellow blob disappearing into the lower right hand corner.
A ripe Camembert a bottle of Gaillac red wine with a poem on the label and a half full glass in front of a yellow window. The poem is Zaleo Premium by Matthew Stewart
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.
A waterfall on a foggy mountainside. It's high, and the middle of ... well, you get it.
Picture of Anne she has long blond hair and is smiling, there is a blurred painting in the background
The Solvent Properties of Water
Black text on white reads: "Phobia by Nicholas Hogg". There's a quarter of a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the top right hand side.
An oil painting (done by some geezer called Manet) of Mallarmé. He has curly hair and a fine moustache of the handlebar persuasion. He is reading and smoking a big old cigar.
Section of book cover. Here we have another in our endless series of abstract art poetry book covers. This is probably from a painting. splashes of bright colours and faded splurges in muted shades blend together as a background whilst bold horizontal slashes of red paint dominate the foreground.