Almanac Poetry: Lunch with Terrie and Bernadette
La Mama Theatre, Carlton – former main building, in 2006. It was ravaged by fire in 2018 and rebuilt.[Source: Wikipedia]
Lunch with Terrie and Bernadette
Carlton
— edgy, alternative theatre,
arty-farty Carlton —
ended in 1983,
around the time I lunched
with the actor and the dancer
in their rented house in Lygon Street.
At a table of Moroccan dips
and chicken wrapped in filo,
we talked in earnest about my play
and their recent show at La Mama,
unaware that the heart
of the world of the nearby streets
— for years, such an edgy,
alternative theatre,
arty-farty zone —
was arteriosclerotic,
or had thudded to a halt.
(Acknowledgement: poem first appeared in my third poetry collection, Orpheus in the Undershirt, 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.
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