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: 'The Lego House by Alexandra Masters' with a large yellow Friday Poem blob over the word 'Lego' and the first part of 'Alexandra'.
Crop from cover of RENDANG by Will Harris, bright red blue and yellow letters on white
The Words Cheryl's Destinies in slightly curly script are seen twice, a white version reflecting a pink version both on a black background.
'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 photograph showing golden wheat-like grass with a textured blue background.
Three large fishhooks dangling on what looks like hemp rope, a small green (jade?) fish swims between them.
Black text on white reads ‘Fox by Rachel Spence’ with half a yellow Friday Poem blob visible over the top right hand side.
Bad Betties written in black curly script on a white background there are some footprints and nude female silhouettes a candle and a broomstick.
Elephants
Graphic with a white background showing various leaf like shapes, predominantly blue and black with the occasional green and orange . They could be seaweed. Who knows.
Images from the three pamphlet covers, mostly grayscale. Three are some photographed high rise buildings, a close up of a black leather jacket and a drawing of what looks like a figure in a maze
Black and white image of an intense looking young man, on the light grey background are some partially obscured words from Spenders poem "In Railway Halls, on Pavements Near the Traffic"