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 text on white reads: 'The Lego House by Alexandra Masters' with a large yellow Friday Poem blob over the word 'Lego' and the first part of 'Alexandra'.
Illustration showing an open Hand with what loloks like a ribbon running over the palm. On closer inspection the ribbon is a road with a small car on it.
Part of a painting of an Old Testament scene where white-bearded patriarch Methuselah has instructed Noah to open a prophetic scroll which foretells the flood sent by God. Circling ravens add to the sense of foreboding, while antediluvian revellers continue their dancing in the middle distance, oblivious of the devastation to come.
Composite image showing a dollar sign, a sixpenny piece, a bitcoin sign, a mackerel head and a figure with blue hair.
My Country
Quellenstraße, 1100
Waiting with Leszek
Martyn Crucefix looking at the camera. He has short brownish hair and a blue check shirt.
Some black and white text (part of the book title) on a red background. For extra 'artistic design' points the text lines are slanted diagonally.
Photograph of a muddy track leading into a woodland. The trees leaves are a vivid green and it looks like it has been raining.
Photograph a woman standing in sand with a coat on. She has left footprints.
Four black and white head shots of the poets in this article arranged in a grid