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!

A red background has a repeating pattern on it, the pattern comprises two open hands with stigmata, a syringe with a needle and some figs, halved and whole.
Photo of Vanessa Kisuule standing in front of a green and purple wall. She is looking to her right and smiling.
Partial text of the words 'England's Green'. The text is light green serif font on a dark green background. That's imaginative.
photo of Kae Tempest, short hair, black polo shirt
Twenty four Quotes About Poetry: Who Said What?
A collection of six images showing a snowflake, a Christmas tree, a turkey, a close up of a hand removing a decoration from a tree, a black Santa and a toy train set.
Painting of leaves on a gold background, There is bay, and possibly corn.
"Lessons in The Method #23 by Martin Jago" in black text on white with a small Friday Poem yellow blob over the #23
Snowday
Photograph of a man walking by a white wall in Kabul, on the wall is an illustration of a man pushing a wheelbarrow with a large red heart shape in it
Part of a graphic showing the top of a wooden noticeboard such as one would seen a church. The top has a small flower cutout.
Picture of Don looking straight at the camera, He has a gray beard and a bald head, black jacket and white shirt.