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 hand holding a pen with a blue winners rosette attached to it
a green lawn close up with some bowling balls on it , a red flash on the top left corner reads "The Worlds finest bowls"
A yellow graphic of a bee seen from above on a green/blue background
"Because this is a Venice Poem (after Tishani Doshi) by Rachel Spence" in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob below the text like a rising / setting sun.
Woodcut showing a woman holding a baby.
The Friday Poem 'The Baby in the Wardrobe' by Kathy Pimlott
Slightly blurred mostly blue picture of a white lighthouse on the end of a pier.
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.
Black and white image showing mathematical drawings and equations.
Black and white head and shoulders photo of Helena Nelson smiling into the camera against the background of a field
A black and white photograph of a woman's face; she is smiling.
My Farm