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!

"Lessons in The Method #23 by Martin Jago" in black text on white with a small Friday Poem yellow blob over the #23
My Farm
Four black and white head shots of the poets in this article arranged in a grid
Some mangoes in a basket, and one loose on some large yellowish rocks
illustration showing a woman with blue skin covered in images, light blue leaves intertwine with pink flowers, a yellow sun on each breast.
A paper cut out of Taras Shevchenko's house. the roof is red and there is a dormer window in the roof , it looks traditional, there is a more modern building in the background and grass in the foreground
Three book covers. One with six colourful graphics including a bear and a blow up flamingo, one pink sparkle with a chrome compact mirror and one green with black and dark green text
poster of keep calm and share poetry in white block capitals on red background
Snowday
The Friday Poem 'The Baby in the Wardrobe' by Kathy Pimlott
Photo of Vanessa Lampert. She is wearing a blue jacket and smiling. She has shoulder length grey hair.
Oil painting of a woman dressed in blue holding a baby. She is sitting in front of the ocean and looks like she may be eating a biscuit. Looks like the child may also be eating a biscuit too. The predominant colours is blue.