Almanac Poetry (and Food): Stargazy Pie
Stargazy Pie. (Source: Alchetron website)
Stargazy Pie
The pilchards in
stargazy pie
look wistfully up
at the evening sky,
open-mouthed and wondering why
they are gazing at the stars.
(Acknowledgements: first published in Tamba journal, 1999; then in Vigorous Vernacular, Picaro Press, 2008, reprinted by Ginninderra Press, 2018.)
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Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His sixth book-length poetry collection, Isle Full of Noises, was published in early 2026 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
Anyone actually had a stargazy pie?
Apparently, one doesn’t eat the the head or tail of the fish, but simply discards those. The fish is placed as it is so the oils present in the fish head run back down into the pie and add to the taste.
What a cracker!
Thanks, Dips!
Poems such as this make me hungry – in fact, I might try to create one of these pies myself!