Archive - The Friday Poem

‘Let us deal with one disappointment at a time’

Bruno Cooke on the Forward Prize for Best Poem - Performed 2026 shortlist

16 hrs ago • The Friday Poem

Two pamphlets – Elaine Ewart & Elizabeth Cook

Rachel Bower reviews 'The Professor of Transformation' by Elaine Ewart (New Walk, 2026) and Hilary Menos reviews 'Tumbling' by Elizabeth Cook (Mariscat…

Oct 9 • The Friday Poem

I forget the joke, but I’ve got the gist

Three Friday Poems from our Archive from Matthew Stewart, Marcia Menter and Christopher Arksey

Oct 2 • The Friday Poem

September 2026

Secrets, lost language, and hope

Jonathan Davidson reviews 'Missing Person' by Zoë Walkington (Smith|Doorstop, 2026)

Sep 25 • The Friday Poem

God of the mire, grant us artefact

D.A. Prince reviews 'Goyle, Chert, Mire' by Jean Sprackland (Cape, 2026).

Sep 18 • The Friday Poem

Something of a state of ecstasy

Jane Routh reviews 'Flying Change' by Naomi Jaffa (The Garlic Press, 2026).

Sep 11 • The Friday Poem

Robots, attack!

Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss Dean Young's Constant Inescapable Flooding Subject and his latest (posthumous) collection, 'Creature Feature…

Sep 4 • The Friday Poem

from Oodle to Mashing

Bruno Cooke reviews ‘Farewell Tour’ by Stefan Mohamed (Verve, 2022)

Sep 1 • The Friday Poem

August 2026

You are the player. Wake up.

Inigo Brodie writes about slaying the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, the story behind the End Poem, and how sometimes poetry isn’t an option, it’s the only…

Aug 28 • The Friday Poem

A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream

Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.

Aug 21 • The Friday Poem

Punk Poetry – bitten the dust or alive and well?

Hilary Menos looks back at the poets who embodied the spirit of punk in the 1970s and 80s and asks where is the punk spirit today?

Aug 14 • The Friday Poem

What are poets really after?

Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing.

Aug 7 • The Friday Poem

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