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!

Section of a multi coloured book cover (think slightly psychedelic swirly greens pinks and purples). Part of the words "Dirty Martini" can be seen in block capitals.
Black text on white reads ‘Evening on the Porch by Jodie Hollander’ with a small quarter of a yellow Friday Poem blob sinking into the left bottom corner.
The Friday Poem 'Our Children's Childhoods' by Charlotte Gann
Bad Betties written in black curly script on a white background there are some footprints and nude female silhouettes a candle and a broomstick.
Dark grey circle with a light grey line drawn eel circling within. It sits on a textured grey background that could be an abstract shoal of eels.
abstract image of a blurred blue head on a blue background with yellow red and green leaf like paint splurges running down the left hand side
Dark blue background. On this are two light blue outlines of hands, open palms upwards. Some beige swirling lines are behind.
The Friday Poem 'The End of the Pier Show' by Helen Ivory
One year of daft editorial pictures
Line drawing of a lily on a pink background
The Solvent Properties of Water
Two poetry book covers, one purple with a white crumpled paper image and one black/brown with textures of light brown and semi transparent words.