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 collection of six images showing a snowflake, a Christmas tree, a turkey, a close up of a hand removing a decoration from a tree, a black Santa and a toy train set.
"Wetsuit by Regina Weinert" in black text on white with half a large Friday Poem yellow blob like a low sun top right.
Hares cunningly disguised as squiggles. On a grey background.
A white butterfly caught in a spiders web, the image is monochrome
Portion of a book cover. It has a dark red background with parts of the words The and Red shown.
One year of daft editorial pictures
Insomnia
Crop from cover of RENDANG by Will Harris, bright red blue and yellow letters on white
Section of a book cover. The background is blue and parts of the letters A and F are shown in a bold yellow font.
'Walking the Hill by Pam Zinnemann-Hope' in black text on white with a large Friday Poem yellow blob rising below it like a big ol' sun.
black and white portrait of Jane, head tilted, blond hair, glasses with white and grey striped frames, and a smile
Watercolour showing green grass, white flowers and two leafy trees with a light blue sky.