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!

Paris at night in silhouette.
Four people dressed in sparkly festival gear, one with a blue suit covered in white clouds.They are screaming with joy and waving neon coloured glow sticks. Party on!
Line drawing of a lily on a pink background
I’ll Know I’ve Made It When Going to a LongHorn Steakhouse on a Sunday Evening in the Dead of Winter Doesn’t Depress the Hell Out of Me
The Friday Poem 'Las Ciguenas' by Matthew Stewart
A ripe Camembert a bottle of Gaillac red wine with a poem on the label and a half full glass in front of a yellow window. The poem is Zaleo Premium by Matthew Stewart
A painting on canvas showing a large yellow blob and some smaller blobs (also yellow) on a purple-blue background.
Woodcuts seem to be very popular as illustrations for poetry book covers. This looks like it is indeed a woodcut (or a clever imposter).Predominantly blue it shows a night scene with a moon and a path leading to a house in the hills.
A composite image made of six images, comprising a man looking at distant fireworks, a ticking bomb, a candle, some cows in a field, some burning paper and a pair of moccasins.I know right. You'll have to read the article to find out.
Down time by Chris Jones
Black text on white reads "Three poems by Lex Runciman" with a yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the image.
Photo of Zoë Walkington. She has long dark hair and is smiling. She is standing in a field with trees behind her.