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!

Visions of Juana
Photograph showing a streets in Leeds city center. They are empty apart from one figure in the middle of the street
Photograph of two people walking on the beach at low tide. A shadowy coaster is seen in the background. This may or may not be relevant.
A rust red concrete slab wall with words "The Dereliction" written in stencil font.
A close up showing two torn pieces of pink paper with slightly burnt edges.
Photograph a woman standing in sand with a coat on. She has left footprints.
Mottephobia
Part of book cover showing Kite form by Mike Barlow — a piece of abstract art (because we have learnt by now that nothing says competent poet more than a bit of random abstract artwork). Painted driftwood is the background to geometric shapes in shades of blue. These are criss crossed with bits of fine string. Told you ... poetry.
Escape
James Conor Patterson with short hair and a green crew neck jumper
Painting showing a woman sitting at a table with a red and white check tablecloth, she is drinking coffee and a small brown dachshund has its paws on the table next to her.
Photo of Leila Chatti looking at the camera. She has long brown hair and is wearing a black turtleneck sweater and red lipstick.