Almanac Poetry: Young Björn Encounters Sigrid
Young Björn Encounters Sigrid
In every Swedish
adolescent rite-of-passage movie,
there’s a blonde busty passionate Amazon,
in her middle twenties,
who startles the virginal teen male lead
by taking off all of her clothes.
She tenderly strips the young man nude
then instructs him, slowly, in the act of love.
Nothing like this ever happened in my Australian boyhood.
(Acknowledgements: first published in Tamba, Goulburn Valley Writers Inc., 2001; then in my poetry book Vigorous Vernacular, Picaro Press, 2008, reissued by 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 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.
Better than French movies, when after the relationship is err, consummated, someone gets shot!
Yes. I agree, George – much better!
Eloquently conveyed, Kevin….and so true (unfortunately).
Ah yes, Damian …