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!

Saint George and the Dragon, a painting by Paolo Uccello. . It shows a scene from the famous story of Saint George and the Dragon. On the right, George is spearing the beast, and on the left, the princess is using her belt as a leash to take the dragon up to the town. The eye in the storm gathering on the right of Saint George is lined up with his spear showing there has been divine intervention. The painting is commonly interpreted as an illustration of the legend of St. George as recounted in the Golden Legend. However, Stanford professor Emanuele Lugli has suggested an alternative reading: that the work functions as propaganda, encouraging Florentine elites to adopt agriculture. In medieval symbolism, the dragon was a symbol of pollution, and St. George's slaying of the creature can be seen as a metaphorical reclamation of the land, leading to a pure water source located in a cave.
'The Importance of Being Earnest by Jeanette Burton' in black text on white with a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand lower side.
Black text on white reads ‘Fox by Rachel Spence’ with half a yellow Friday Poem blob visible over the top right hand side.
Holy
A painted book cover with a blue background. A thick swirling dark blue brush stroke bisects the page horizontally. three partial circles hover in the background like alien planets. Light blue, mid blue and (nope not another blue) red.
Painting of a man with a pipe looking into an oval mirror.
Dark blue background. On this are two light blue outlines of hands, open palms upwards. Some beige swirling lines are behind.
A photograph of someone diving into the sea. We can only see the legs.
Two book covers, one green, one blue. Sigh.
Crowned
The Friday Poem 'Leonard Cohen's unknown teacher speaks from his strings' by Amlanjyoti Goswami
Lorna with short gray hair, she is wearing glasses.