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!

Three pamphlet covers arranged in a fan shape, one has a photograph of a river crossing sand to the sea, one has what looks like an abstract pattern of leaves in shades of brown and one is very pale green with block text in a kind of marbled pattern.
The word C+nto in white text on a gold background, underneath is the text "& othered poems" in black. Both fonts are serif.
photo of Kae Tempest, short hair, black polo shirt
Hand drawn title 'GUB' in black on a cream background. A beastly mouth is surrounding the 'B'
Selima Hill wearing a scarf around her neck and a headscarf/bandanna type of thing. It looks good.
Insomnia
The title of the book in seraph font on a an apricot background. Could do better.
Delicate watercolour showing thin branches with red flowers and two small birds flying nearby.
Painting showing a woman sitting at a table with a red and white check tablecloth, she is drinking coffee and a small brown dachshund has its paws on the table next to her.
Two books with mostly white covers. one cover has a blackened rib, the other a small picture of a blue open door
Dark navy blue background with semi-circular lines in green and blue. They look a bit like the lines you draw around a radio tower or loudspeaker, to indicate vibration or noise.
A tiny man defending himself from a large and dangerous looking cat! Its a poster image from the film " The Incredible Shrinking Man"