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: 'Epitaphs by Stephen Payne' with half a big yellow Friday Poem blob rising like a sun from the bottom edge
Christmas Quiz Answers
Slightly blurred mostly blue picture of a white lighthouse on the end of a pier.
A landscape photograph showing grass, a cloudy sky and a small crenelated building with a tower that looks like a lighthouse, but is presumably a camera obscura
Black and white photograph of Edgar Allan Poe. He looks intently at the camera.
‘The Sound of the Struggle by Charles Rammelkamp’ in black text on white with a yellow Friday Poem blob over the ‘Str’ of Struggle
Homage to Avram
illustration showing a woman with blue skin covered in images, light blue leaves intertwine with pink flowers, a yellow sun on each breast.
A close up black and white picture of a fallen wine glass, and dark liquid is splashing out.
James Conor Patterson with short hair and a green crew neck jumper
Black and white head and shoulders photo of Helena Nelson smiling into the camera against the background of a field
Section of book cover, red background with parts of letters in black and white.