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!

An image taken from the book cover, Its shows a bit the the name Emily in yellow text and the first six letters of the word "unexhausted" in blue text. The background is shocking pink
Blue Chinese wallpaper showing a watercolour design with trees and small birds. There are small flowers too.
Book cover of 'Time' by Etel Adnan
Partial book cover photograph showing a city at night from above. Traffic and lights can be seen, and a flyover. Black, grey and red are the main colours.
Mirage
A close up showing two torn pieces of pink paper with slightly burnt edges.
'Dad's 75th birthday party after the heart attack by Rachel Burns' in black text on white with half a small Friday Poem yellow blob disappearing from the right hand side.
A rust red concrete slab wall with words "The Dereliction" written in stencil font.
Clint Eastwood in full cowboy regalia standing in front of a road sign saying 'Welcome to Kent'.
Black and white portrait photograph of Roger Elkin somehow looking both serious and impish.
Black background with geometric shapes in orange, mostly triangles.
Black text on white reads "Three poems by Dane Holt" with a yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the image.