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 paper cutout of the front steps to Steven Spender's house. It is a blue townhouse and stone steps lead to the front door. Leaves are on the ground, giving an autumnal air.
Evolution
Wind-up people
Photo of Tom standing on a a river bank with a bridge in the background. He has a dark beard and glasses and is wearing a blue waterproof jacket and a grey check scarf
Black and white image of Patricia Beer, she is wearing a dark jacket and is standing in front of conifers. Her expression is knowing.
A blue background with some gold solid circles and some gold circle outlines. They look a little like planets.
Black background with the face of a china doll, cracked, with piercing blue eyes.
looks like a sculpture of a red haired woman with wings (angel or dragon?) holding on to the left arm of a male figure.
Front cover of book 'When I Think of my Body as a Horse' by Wendy Pratt, showing a horse with musculature visible
Blue and white illustration, possibly a lino cut showing a blue cup on its side with spilt liquid. The cup has an illustration that looks like Lewis Carroll's Alice.
Pastel picture of a fox, birds, butterflies and a mirror reflecting the sea.
The colour blue