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!

'Un Amour Désespéré by Stav Poleg' in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob over 'Dése'
Crop from cover of RENDANG by Will Harris, bright red blue and yellow letters on white
Dark navy blue background with semi-circular lines in green and blue. They look a bit like the lines you draw around a radio tower or loudspeaker, to indicate vibration or noise.
A composite image of three brightly coloured children's poetry book covers.
Section from a book cover. The background is purple and some block capital letters in pink , yellow, green and white are arranged in a uniform block pattern.
Black text on white reads: 'Old Woman Ravine by Jennifer Copley' with a quarter of a small yellow Friday Poem blob just visible in the bottom right hand corner.
Photos of Nell and Hilary. Both looking studious.
Photo of Rory Waterman wearing a blue sweatshirt, sitting in front of a purple wall.
Portrait of my mother as a hop-picker
Waiting with Leszek
The Manuscripts of Emily Dickinson
Jamón Ibérico