Archive – The Friday Poem

Welcome to The Friday Poem Archive page. Poems, features and reviews will all end up here so that their gloriousness will remain readable to all those who seek poetic excellence. Use the search box below to find something specific, or just have a browse.

He turns to her, she turns to him

Book Review: Annie Fisher reviews Pearls: the complete Mr and Mrs Philpott poems by Helena Nelson (HappenStance Press, 2022)

Finding the source

Feature: Tom Sastry writes about politics, connection and what poetry is for

Revelations 01/01/2022

by Jane Burn — our Friday Poem on 22/04/2022

Observation

by Nicola Healey — our Friday Poem on 15/04/22

Whichever life we live, it’s the other calls

Book Review: Carl Tomlinson reviews Hotel Anonymous by Mike Barlow (Pindrop Press, 2021)

Considering the effects

Feature: Matthew Paul looks at poems featuring bowls by Stephen Payne, Pauline Stainer and Ted Walker

Poems for Ukraine 29/04/22

'When Yuriy Glodan Went Shopping in Odesa' by Sue Norton and 'Cat' by Deborah Finding — two of our Poems for Ukraine

Selected Ambient Works

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews You've got so many machines, Richard: an anthology of Aphex Twin poetry, edited by Rishi Dastidar and Aaron Kent (Broken Sleep Books, 2022)

The Competition Poem

Feature: The Frip asks is there such a thing as the "competition poem"?

Elephants

by Lorna Dowell — our Friday Poem on 01/04/22

Poems for Ukraine 22/04/22

'Running as an act of defiance' by Iain Whiteley and 'A View from Finland' by Eileen Anne Gordon — two of our Poems for Ukraine

A View from Finland

by Eileen Ann Gordon — one of our Poems for Ukraine

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