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!

Graphic print showing a woman's head and arm in pale colours. She is wearing a crown of flowers.
Lost at the Western General
An old map of Limehouse in London, the colour is predominantly blue
A tangle of snow covered beaches, a small red bird sits on one, from a distance it could be mistaken for a heart.
The word 'iamb' in white a light grey circle on a dark grey background. Underneath it says 'poetry seen and heard' in small white lower-case text.
Black background with the face of a china doll, cracked, with piercing blue eyes.
Black and white photo of Ben Wilkinson, a young friendly looking man with glasses
Jamón Ibérico
A young man with a small beard is reading poetry into a microphone, reading from a mobile phone and waving a clenched fist.
The Astronaut Who Came To Tea
collage art incorporating a mans back, a woman's leg, various plants, a lobster claw , a turtle shell and a fly agaric mushroom. All on a pale blue background.
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.