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 section taken from the front cover, parts of the words "The" and "Arctic3 can be seen. Th cover is brown with cream text. What can you do?
Close up photo of Diane Seuss' face. She looks intensely at the camera, heavy dark eyeshadow frames her eyes.
A composite image of three brightly coloured children's poetry book covers.
Graphic print showing a woman's head and arm in pale colours. She is wearing a crown of flowers.
Black text on white reads ‘Fox by Rachel Spence’ with half a yellow Friday Poem blob visible over the top right hand side.
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
And blue things
Delicate watercolour showing thin branches with red flowers and two small birds flying nearby.
Paul Muldoon standing in front of a grey wall looking 'ard. He has grey curly hair and glasses, and he is wearing a brown tweed jacket and tie and a dark shirt.
Picture of Don looking straight at the camera, He has a gray beard and a bald head, black jacket and white shirt.
Mom cooks fish
‘The Sound of the Struggle by Charles Rammelkamp’ in black text on white with a yellow Friday Poem blob over the ‘Str’ of Struggle