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 text on white reads: 'Dog-walking in a Cemetery by Helen Kay' with a large yellow Friday Poem blob over the bottom half a bit like a setting sun.
Photo of Kathy Pimlott. She has short grey hair, glasses and is holding a glass of wine. She is wearing ablue polo necked jumper and a necklace of orange wooden beads. Photo by Matthew Paul.
A woman holding a microphone. She is on stage with some funky purple and blue lighting.
Ink stencil style picture of a cat (the Mariscat cat) on a cream watercolour background.
Archimedes palimpsest, Ancient Greek text on a turquoise and red background
A poem laid out a page in the shape of a bird. It looks old.
What looks like an old, hand-drawn parchment map. There are lots of words written – 'Iwerddon' and 'Byzantium' are two of them.
Selima Hill wearing a scarf around her neck and a headscarf/bandanna type of thing. It looks good.
Close up photo of Diane Seuss' face. She looks intensely at the camera, heavy dark eyeshadow frames her eyes.
Image showing a medicine bottle and a prescription for Poemcetemol (see what they did there).
photo of Kae Tempest, short hair, black polo shirt
Close up of a medlar tree showing green leaves and purple fruit.