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!

The Friday Poem 'Guitar' by Tess Jolly
looks like a sculpture of a red haired woman with wings (angel or dragon?) holding on to the left arm of a male figure.
Sophie sitting at a desk turning to look at the camera, she has a green jumper, two books are on the desk, her chin is resting on her hand.
black and white portrait of Jane, head tilted, blond hair, glasses with white and grey striped frames, and a smile
Old black and white picture of Billy Childish and Tracey Erin from the back cover of Childish's Zine 'Prity Thing'.
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.
'The Importance of Being Earnest by Jeanette Burton' in black text on white with a big yellow Friday Poem blob over the right hand lower side.
Section of a book cover. It's mostly black, with silver grey lines that could be woodcuts. It shows in roughly square boxes, a tree, a tower, a bridge, some leaves and a curly vertical squiggle. Nope, I don't know either.
Composite picture of Hippocrates, the Hippocratic oath and the Rod of Asclepius
Edwin Morgan in front of a large bookcase
Photograph showing various poetry book and pamphlet covers, all brightly coloured, or with interesting attractive designs.
Funeral