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!

A paper cutout of the front steps to Steven Spender's house. It is a blue townhouse and stone steps lead to the front door. Leaves are on the ground, giving an autumnal air.
Painting in bright colours showing a copse of trees.
Photograph showing poetry books on a bookshelf.
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.
Black and white portrait photograph of Roger Elkin somehow looking both serious and impish.
A painting of a woman shelling peas, the clouds are bright, she has red hair and a blue blouse with small white flowers on it
An open book with a colourful party blower resting on the pages. The words "Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, She should have looked after her teeth" are just about visible above it.
uneven red nearly vertical stripes on a white background. The words "Eat or we both starve" run across the page in a blue uppercase font, the text has a white background which bisects the red stripes.
Watercolour-style illustration showing an olive branch with a goat standing on a leaf on the left and a man sitting on a leaf to the right.
The Break
A close up black and white picture of a fallen wine glass, and dark liquid is splashing out.
Photo of Di Slaney looking straight at the camera. The background is dark blue. She has glasses and shoulder length dark hair.