Almanac Poetry: The Decline of Western Civilisation
Destruction, from The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole (1836). (Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
The Decline of Western Civilisation
Helpers in kindergartens are now
‘early learning facilitators’.
Greyhounds have become
‘elite canine athletes’.
Literature academics
specialize in ‘twitter poetry’.
(Acknowledgement: first appeared in Orpheus in the Undershirt, Ginninderra Press, 2018.)
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About
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.
Kevin – where to begin hey?
A TV add the other day told me to ” find my amazing”.
My amazing what?
Think I might permanently retreat to my safe hub.
ad not add.
Being short for advertizzement.
Hi Dips.
Glad you’re taking some appropriate “learnings” out of this poem!