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!

Archimedes palimpsest, Ancient Greek text on a turquoise and red background
Colourful almost paisley image with curving floral designs in the foreground on a background of blue white with brown tendril like patterns
"Wetsuit by Regina Weinert" in black text on white with half a large Friday Poem yellow blob like a low sun top right.
Roy Marshall reading with a microphone in his hand. He is wearing glasses.
'One night by Ian Seed' in black text on white, with a little yellow Friday Poem blob over the 'by'
three book covers in a fan shape, one has blue and grey vertical stripes, one has a pattern of hexagonal cells a bit like a hive with a black and white bee on it, one is green with a painting of a mother and daughter
Monochrome photograph showing the silhouette of a woman standing on a small rock in the sea.
Black text on white reads: ‘The Wheel by Kathryn Bevis' with half a a small yellow Friday Poem blob setting over the bottom right hand edge.
Graphic print showing a woman's head and arm in pale colours. She is wearing a crown of flowers.
The Big Reveal
Black and white photograph of Katherine
Close up of the two book covers, the Hit Points Anthologies, one red one green