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!

'Clothesline in Summer by Michael P Aleman' in black text on white with a tiny yellow Friday Poem quarter-blob like a shining sun in the top right hand corner.
A fifties-style graphic showing the rocky surface of a planet with coloured moons and asteroids. The words 'Space Baby' are superimposed in white.
Section of the book cover. What looks like rows of small squareish woodblock shapes in pinky red on a yellow background.
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.
Book cover showing a black background with a watercolour of a hawthorn branch in flower.
Delicate watercolour showing thin branches with red flowers and two small birds flying nearby.
Part of book cover showing Kite form by Mike Barlow — a piece of abstract art (because we have learnt by now that nothing says competent poet more than a bit of random abstract artwork). Painted driftwood is the background to geometric shapes in shades of blue. These are criss crossed with bits of fine string. Told you ... poetry.
'Un Amour Désespéré by Stav Poleg' in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob over 'Dése'
A painting on canvas showing a large yellow blob and some smaller blobs (also yellow) on a purple-blue background.
Black and white image showing mathematical drawings and equations.
Photograph showing various poetry book and pamphlet covers, all brightly coloured, or with interesting attractive designs.
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.