Funny-serious poems
![Photograph of a set of dentures.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dentures-320x225.jpg)
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Stephen Payne, Clare Best ands Jeremy Wikeley choose poems by Geoffrey Brock, Mark Doty and W.H. Auden
![Clint Eastwood in full cowboy regalia standing in front of a road sign saying 'Welcome to Kent'.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Clint-Eastwood-in-Kent-320x225.jpg)
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Andrew Neilson, Emma Simon and Jonathan Davidson choose favourite poems by Roddy Lumsden, Lorraine Mariner and Kit Wright
![A photograph showing Reg Varney sitting in his London bus.If you're old enough you'll remember 'On the buses'. "That's made my day that has, that's really made my day."](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/On-the-buses-TFP-320x225.jpg)
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Matthew Paul, Charlotte Gann and Rory Waterman choose poems by Geoff Hattersley, Kathy Pimlott and Wendy Cope
![A black and white photograph of a woman's face; she is smiling.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/barter-4-320x225.jpg)
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Mat Riches, Jane Routh and Alan Buckley choose favourite funny-serious poems by Matthew Sweeney, Michael McCarthy and Kathryn Maris