Almanac Poetry: Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1997
State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Building. [Wikimedia Commons.]
Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1997
Neoclassical architecture’s
wonderful,
especially on this hilltop
overlooking these breezy gardens
that roll down to the waterfront
of this ridiculously blue
most beautiful harbour in the world.
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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 fifth book-length poetry collection, Please Feed the Macaws ... I'm Feeling Too Indolent, was published in late 2023 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.
Yes KD, the library is a joy to embrace – inside & out.
And yes, the harbour down below is majestical – especially as the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay.
Thanks for your comments, Karl. Sydney certainly made an impression on me when I was last there almost three decades ago – the library, the botanical gardens and the harbour were a major part of the impact. And I recall my girlfriend-at-the-time and I got caught in a major storm while crossing the harbour on the Manly Ferry – something I wrote about on another poem I posted on the Almanac: ‘Manly Ferry in Thunderstorm’: https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/almanac-poetry-manly-ferry-in-thunderstorm/