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!

alice hiller with curly blonde hair wearing a grey jacket standing in a formal park
Hand drawn title 'GUB' in black on a cream background. A beastly mouth is surrounding the 'B'
Black and white photograph of Katherine
In those days, robbery was my form of love
Photo of Leila Chatti looking at the camera. She has long brown hair and is wearing a black turtleneck sweater and red lipstick.
What looks like a Japanese wood cut showing four warriors in black and white.
Black text on white reads: ‘Big Barn Migration by D. W. Evans' with half a small yellow Friday Poem blob visible disappearing off the top edge.
photo of Helen Ivory looking up at the sky wearing a black top with a little lacy white collar, red earrings, red lippy and black sunglasses, against buildings. Definitely a foxy rockabilly vibe going on here.
Part of a painting showing the inside of a house and a long corridor. The lighting suggests it could be evening.
A photograph of Phillip Gross. He is looking quizzical and has grey hair and a beard.
Photo of Jill Abram. She has long curly hair and is standing in front of trees.
Black text on white reads ‘Buggy Baby by Rowan Bell’ with a Friday Poem yellow blob over the far right hand corner.