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!

Black and white portrait photograph of Roger Elkin somehow looking both serious and impish.
Black text on white reads ‘Trial and Error by Josh Geffin’ with a tiny yellow Friday Poem blob over the ‘o’ in Error.
A section from what could be a stained glass window; it shows a central diamond shape with a blue background and a yellow horse silhouette standing on a yellow crown. There are diamonds of dark and pale red and yellow around.
Black background with geometric shapes in orange, mostly triangles.
A section taken from the front cover, parts of the words "The" and "Arctic3 can be seen. Th cover is brown with cream text. What can you do?
black and white portrait of Jane, head tilted, blond hair, glasses with white and grey striped frames, and a smile
A pink square-shaped speech bubble on a dark blue background.
Stewart Sanderson standing in a field in front of the Cheviots. He is smiling.. well, why not? It looks like a great place.
a green lawn close up with some bowling balls on it , a red flash on the top left corner reads "The Worlds finest bowls"
The title of the book in seraph font on a an apricot background. Could do better.
Photo of Tom standing on a a river bank with a bridge in the background. He has a dark beard and glasses and is wearing a blue waterproof jacket and a grey check scarf
A photograph showing an open hand with some dried flowers on it. The background is pink