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!

Photo of Vanessa Kisuule standing in front of a green and purple wall. She is looking to her right and smiling.
Delicate watercolour showing thin branches with red flowers and two small birds flying nearby.
black and white portrait of Jane, head tilted, blond hair, glasses with white and grey striped frames, and a smile
An old black and white photo of two kids, one older boy and a younger girl.
Black background with geometric shapes in orange, mostly triangles.
Some white text on a bright blue background, the text is a small part of the words "Notes from the North".
Dark grey circle with a light grey line drawn eel circling within. It sits on a textured grey background that could be an abstract shoal of eels.
Black text on white reads ‘More friendly, more humble than a bird by Nell Prince’ with a Friday Poem yellow blob in the top right hand corner like a little sun.
Black and white photograph showing a poet sitting outside at a tiny table with a typewriter. There is a handwritten sign saying "Poet for hire, pay what you like".
Dark red line drawing on light red paper. It shows a small house. A ladder protrudes from an upstairs window and heads upwards.
Chestnut ribbon of speed
Archimedes palimpsest, Ancient Greek text on a turquoise and red background