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.

Presence

by Marcia Menter — our Friday Poem on 18/03/22

paid

Feature: Andrew McMillan on the challenges and rewards of poetry commissions

Waiting with Leszek

by June Wentland — our Friday Poem on 08/04/22

Poems for Ukraine 08/04/22

'Safety Advice' by Erica Hesketh and 'The Song of Siskin' by Mark Russell — two of our Poems for Ukraine

Poetry: a lockdown journey

Feature: Sophie Buchaillard talks about the Writers on Reading podcast, how poetry can be a real conversation between writer and reader, and about the future of Welsh poetry

Three pamphlets: Figura, Flynn and Sabah

Book Review: Three pamphlets — Khadija Rouf reviews My Name is Mercy by Martin Figura (Fair Acre Press, 2021), Khadija Rouf reviews My Name is Mercy by Martin Figura (Fair Acre Press, 2021), Hilary Menos reviews Nina Simone is Singing by Leontia Flynn (Mariscat, 2021) and Mat Riches reviews Litanies by Naush Sabah (Guillemot Press, 2021)

Wind-up people

by Jacqueline Schaalje — our Friday Poem on 11/03/22

Poems for Ukraine 01/04/22

Poems for Ukraine by Scott Elder and Simon Rees-Roberts

I’m enjoying the anonymity while it lasts

In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Brian Bilston

Prizes prised from the perished

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews Please Do Not Touch by Casey Bailey (Burning Eye Press, 2021)

Lost at the Western General

by Kate Hendry — our Friday Poem on 04/03/22

Poems for Ukraine 25/03/22

Poems for Ukraine by Matt Witt and Roy Marshall

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