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!

Black and white photo showing Elizabeth Bishop standing in front of some rocks.
Old copperplate writing on a white background.
Drawing of a cow with wings on a pink background. It is saying 'Bong' and it's by Spike Milligan.
Cream text on a red background. For added excitement, this text is vertical!
Black text on white reads "Three poems by Dane Holt" with a yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the image.
Photograph showing various poetry book and pamphlet covers, all brightly coloured, or with interesting attractive designs.
Front cover of book 'When I Think of my Body as a Horse' by Wendy Pratt, showing a horse with musculature visible
Boulder Song
collage art incorporating a mans back, a woman's leg, various plants, a lobster claw , a turtle shell and a fly agaric mushroom. All on a pale blue background.
A photograph showing golden wheat-like grass with a textured blue background.
The Day Cattle Broke Through the Fence at the Outbreak of the Ukraine War
Selima Hill wearing a scarf around her neck and a headscarf/bandanna type of thing. It looks good.