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!

Abstract image showing a black circle on a white background containing blue, orange and red splodges. Some spill over the page outside the circle. Landsick? Maybe.
'Designated Driver by A. A. Gunther' in black text on white with a teeny yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the word 'Driver'.
A still from the 2D block game Minecraft. A small figure with a sword is running towards a large dragon ... One way or another it's going to be carnage.
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.
Black and white image showing four female poets, Carol Ann Duffy, Penelope Shuttle, Linda France and Evan Bolan. They all look poetically pensive
Part of the text "Collecting the Data" in red serif font on a turquoise background.
Section of book cover, red background with parts of letters in black and white.
Three pamphlets arranged in a loose fan shape. 'Diary of a Divorce' shows a woman standing in a doorway, 'the hispering' features an abstract figure that looks a bit like an upside down doll and 'Crucifox' has an arresting yellow graphic of a fox head with a direct gaze
'Beige by Mark Fiddes' in black text on white with a small Friday Poem blob like a small sun.
Part of a graphic showing the top of a wooden noticeboard such as one would seen a church. The top has a small flower cutout.
Dark grey circle with a light grey line drawn eel circling within. It sits on a textured grey background that could be an abstract shoal of eels.
Black shapes on a bright pink/purple background. On the shapes the word amino is written in vertical fragments "AM" "N" "IO" "N"