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!

Headshots of 12 reviewers. They are smiling or looking intently at the camera.
 Imagining Sow
The Friday Poem 'Book' by Meg Peacocke
we hope to have sand in our shoes
Pears Soap by Damaris West
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
Photo of Zoë Walkington. She has long dark hair and is smiling. She is standing in a field with trees behind her.
"Because this is a Venice Poem (after Tishani Doshi) by Rachel Spence" in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob below the text like a rising / setting sun.
Chestnut ribbon of speed
Could be a woodcut, a black and white graphic of o woman's face, her chin is rising in her hand.
Old copperplate writing on a white background.
A window at night with twilight streaming through. Or it could be a streetlight. Twilight is more poetic though, innit?