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!

What looks like a Japanese wood cut showing four warriors in black and white.
Abstract design. Blue, black and yellow triangles and squares on a black background with the text "Ignition Press" on a blue background
Black text on white reads ‘Ping by Martyn Crucefix’ with a Friday Poem yellow blob over the word ‘Ping’.
Purple cover with yellowish feathers drawn on. bit like wallpaper. There is an ostrich, and the book title.
Erasures
black and white photograph of a park bench. There is a small backpack on one end. A glass and a bottle are nearby.
Muscle memory
Black and white image of Patricia Beer, she is wearing a dark jacket and is standing in front of conifers. Her expression is knowing.
Heft
Black text on white reads "Three poems by Lex Runciman" with a yellow Friday Poem blob over part of the image.
The Control Room
A thin black diagonal line running from top right to bottom left separates two blocks of colour, one orange, one white