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!

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.
Artwork in a graphic style showing the back of a man walking towards a tall building with many windows. The sky appears to be on fire.
Twenty four Quotes About Poetry: Who Said What?
green front cover of poetry book How To Wash A Heart by Bhanu Kapil
Textured image in charcoal and grey. It's probably tea.
Hand drawn title 'GUB' in black on a cream background. A beastly mouth is surrounding the 'B'
A book cover showing what looks like two purple tinted, torn paper images of a woman's face . One shows two eyes and a bit of nose, the other shows one eye , half a nose and a mouth.
head and shoulders photo of Mike Laskey looking a bit poetic in a red jumper and black beret (Breton rather than Basque, going by the dimensions) against blue sky and a bit of beach and sea
The Friday Poem 'Part of me can't hear the moon calling any more' by Emma Simon
photo of Sharon, she has dark hair and is smiling
The Friday Poem 'Portrait of the Poet as an Artist' by Chris Edgoose
Picture of Don looking straight at the camera, He has a gray beard and a bald head, black jacket and white shirt.