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!

Close up of Mike Bartholomew-Biggs' smiling face. He has light coloured hair, a greying small beard and glasses.
a watercolour with multicoloured ribbons with arrow shaped ends swirling on a blue textured background. There are some rectangle frames at a variety of angles.
A yellow squiggle on a greyish background. Well I suppose, given the subject matter, it could be a mathematical symbol. But if you just think squiggle you'll probably be closer.
One year of daft editorial pictures
Black text on white reads "Three poems by John Greening" with a medium sized yellow Friday Poem blob over the bottom centre of the image.
Presence
A pencil sketch, grey on a cream background. Looks like the branches of a tree.
The Words Cheryl's Destinies in slightly curly script are seen twice, a white version reflecting a pink version both on a black background.
A bold orange cover showing a line / brush outline of a male torso.
Martyn Crucefix looking at the camera. He has short brownish hair and a blue check shirt.
Celestial Objects
Letters from the book title arranged vertically in three columns on a grey-green background. The letters are coloured in patterns go green and white that seem to suggest leaves, or trees. Yeah, I dunno either.