Congratulations to Kevin Densley on his new collection of poems ‘Sacredly Profane’. Read more in this post.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Sacredly Profane’ – a new collection by Kevin Densley
November 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Almanac Poetry: Souvenir Postcard – Photographed by Mr Henry Poil – Wangaratta, Victoria, April 9 1865
November 24, 2020 by 4 Comments
Dead bushranger Dan Morgan on a postcard? Yes, you read that correctly. Kevin Densley explains in his poem this week.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Dealey Plaza, November 22’
November 22, 2020 by 10 Comments
With the anniversary of JFK’s assassination, Kevin Densley remembers the event with his poem ‘Dealey Plaza, November 22’.
Almanac Memoir (and Music): Shadow Boxing at The Argyle Hotel
November 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley revives memories of Geelong in 1980 with his band Murmurs at The Argyle Hotel.
Almanac Poetry: Beyond Goyder’s Line, South Australia
November 17, 2020 by 7 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley involves nineteenth century family history, life, loss and heartbreak in the Flinders Ranges region.
Almanac Short Fiction: ‘Brian and His Mum’
November 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Brian was more like a frill-necked lizard than your average teenager … he was also close to his Mum. Kevin Densley describes his short story, ‘Brian and His Mum’, as ‘a very fractured fable’.
Almanac History and Poetry: Two Remembrance Day Offerings
November 11, 2020 by Leave a Comment
To continue the Remembrance Day theme, we revisit a couple of recent contributions from Kevin Densley, about Capt. Bert James and Capt. Albert Jacka VC.
Almanac Food: KD’s Kitchen – The Jaffle
November 6, 2020 by 10 Comments
Kevin Densley is back in the kitchen for more culinary delights; this time he is making jaffles.
Almanac Poetry: Cracker Night
November 5, 2020 by 20 Comments
Kevin Densley remembers that one night of the year when many parents allowed their kids the recreational use of small, dangerous explosives …
Almanac Poetry: The Quest of the Holy Grail – in a Nutshell
November 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Not quite Monty Python, but certainly not ‘straight’ either, this week’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the most famous knightly quest of them all.
Almanac Short Fiction: ‘Bostell’s Lager Man’
October 30, 2020 by 4 Comments
The opening of Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’, in which Gregor Samsa awakes from uneasy sleep to find himself transformed into a giant bug, receives an unusual twist in this short story from Kevin Densley. Is KD’s piece a strange cautionary tale? An example of ‘the Aussie surreal’? A modern Aesop’s fable with its origins in the brewery? You be the judge.
Almanac Poetry: The Car Chase in Films from Six Different Countries
October 27, 2020 by 1 Comment
A poem about cars speeding around six countries and all that entails is the subject of Kevin Densley’s poetry this week.
Almanac Food: KD’s Kitchen – The Napoletana Pizza
October 23, 2020 by 4 Comments
What better way to utilise time during Covid-19 than to hone up on one’s culinary skills as Kevin Densley has done.
Almanac Poetry: In a Kelly town museum
October 20, 2020 by 6 Comments
In today’s poem, Kevin Densley goes ‘a bit abstract’, to use his own words, with a Ned Kelly theme about going to a museum in Kelly Country as a kid and seeing two particularly interesting artefacts side by side.
Almanac (Local) History: Three Geelong Vignettes
October 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley continues his occasional series of history/memoir prose pieces about his home town, Geelong.
Almanac Poetry: Propinquity
October 13, 2020 by 6 Comments
One thousand, nine hundred and forty one years ago – almost to the day, according to some recent research – Mt Vesuvius’s most devastating eruption occurred. This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, ‘Propinquity’ deals with that catastrophe.
Almanac Conundrum: What’s In A Name?
October 11, 2020 by 8 Comments
Kevin Densley (pronounced Denz-ley) has a Sunday question for you: do people muck up your name, and if so, how?
Almanac (World) Cinema: The Feature Films of Iceland
October 8, 2020 by 11 Comments
For a country with a small population, Iceland has produced an impressive number of high quality films. Kevin Densley is an enthusiast, and here presents an excellent primer on the cinema of fire and ice.
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