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!

Illustration showing a stylised dandelion head with the seeds blowing around. A red ribbon curls across the page.
'The Importance of Being Earnest by Jeanette Burton' in black text on white with a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand lower side.
A pink square-shaped speech bubble on a dark blue background.
Blurred black and white photograph of a woman walking with an umbrella.
A poster-style graphic that shows four sheep heads each on a different coloured background. It's like Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings, but with sheep.
Engraving of Phillis Wheatley, a black woman wearing a bonnet and holding a quill pen.
A black background with a painting of a vertical hand. A small red snake is entwined in the fingers and the tail seems to be piercing the palm.
An abstract design. The left hand third of the image is yellow, the right hand two-thirds is black with one orange and two yellow triangles.
Two book covers, one green, one blue. Sigh.
Drawing of a cow with wings on a pink background. It is saying 'Bong' and it's by Spike Milligan.
Mottephobia
Purple cover with yellowish feathers drawn on. bit like wallpaper. There is an ostrich, and the book title.