Almanac Poetry: Sunday Night Country Devotions

In this Campbell Bairstow poem, he remembers the joy and the suffering of watching VFL footy replays on the family farm in Western Australia. His faith survived.

Almanac Life: Memory Project – Campbell’s memories

Campbell Bairstow presents some early childhood memories.

Almanac (Swimming) Poetry: Old blokes in black budgie smugglers

Campbell Bairstow explores the mind, body and soul of swimming laps in a poem he recited to great acclaim at the Poets’ Lunch last Friday. This poem was first published on the Footy Almanac site in 2021.

Almanac (Swimming) Poetry: The Slow Lane

Campbell Bairstow has moved to the slow lane of the pool it seems. Willingly? Happily?